In Re: Amendment to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.200 ( 2022 )

Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC22-574
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IN RE: AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA FAMILY LAW RULE OF
PROCEDURE 12.200.
September 15, 2022
PER CURIAM.
This matter is before the Court for consideration of proposed
amendments to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.200 (Case
Management and Pretrial Conferences). We have jurisdiction. See
art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.
The Florida Bar’s Family Law Rules Committee (Committee)
filed a report proposing amendments to rule 12.200. The
Committee unanimously approved the proposed amendments, and
the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar recommended
acceptance by a vote of 36-2-0. The Committee published its
proposal for comment prior to filing it with the Court and received
no comments. After the Committee filed its report, the Court did
not publish the proposal for comment.
Having considered the proposed amendment, the Court hereby
amends rule 12.200 as proposed by the Committee. In subdivision
(c) (Notice), the following sentence is deleted: “Orders setting
pretrial conferences must be uniform throughout the territorial
jurisdiction of the court.”
Accordingly, Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.200 is
amended as set forth in the appendix to this opinion. Deletions are
indicated by struck-through type. The amendments shall become
effective immediately upon release.
It is so ordered.
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, POLSTON, LABARGA, COURIEL, and
GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.
FRANCIS, J., did not participate.
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT.
Original Proceeding – Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure
Michael V. Andriano, Chair, Family Law Rules Committee, Orlando,
Florida, Ashley Elizabeth Taylor, Past Chair, Family Law Rules
Committee, Tampa, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director,
and Mikalla Andies Davis, Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar,
Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
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APPENDIX
RULE 12.200. CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL
CONFERENCES
(a) - (b) [No Change]
(c) Notice. Reasonable notice must be given for a case
management conference, and 20 days’ notice must be given for a
pretrial conference. On failure of a party to attend a conference, the
court may dismiss the action, strike the pleadings, limit proof or
witnesses, or take any other appropriate action. Any documents
that the court requires for any conference must be specified in the
order. Orders setting pretrial conferences must be uniform
throughout the territorial jurisdiction of the court.
(d) [No Change]
Commentary
[No Change]
Committee Note
[No Change]
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