FAMILY LAW RULES OF PROCEDURE--FORMS--AMENDMENTS. The Court adopted amendments to Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Forms 12.900(a) (Disclosure from Nonlawyer), 12.900(b) (Notice of Limited Appearance), 12.900(c) (Consent to Limited Appearance by Attorney), 12.900(d) (Termination of Limited Appearance), 12.900(e) (Acknowledgment of Assistance by Attorney), 12.900(g) (Agreement Limiting Representation), 12.901(a) (Petition for Simplified Dissolution of Marriage), 12.902(c) (Family Law Financial Affidavit (Long Form)), 12.902(e) (Child Support Guidelines Worksheet), 12.930(a) (Notice of Service of Standard Family Law Interrogatories), 12.930(b) (Standard Family Law Interrogatories for Original or Enforcement Proceedings), 12.930(c) (Standard Family Law Interrogatories for Modification Proceedings), and 12.932 (Certificate of Compliance with Mandatory Disclosure). Some of the more significant amendments include making "parental responsibility" and "time-sharing" separate types of issues on form 12.900(b), which designates the types of issues for which an attorney will be making a limited appearance, and adding "mediation" as a new type of issue.
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RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE--AMENDMENT--DISCOVERY. The Court adopted a portion of the Juvenile Court Rules Committee's proposed amendments to Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.245(e). Subdivision (e)(2) was amended to "provide that if a party objects to production within 10 days of service of the notice, the party requesting production may set and notice a hearing to resolve the objection," and subdivision (e)(3) was amended to "clarify that a party may proceed with issuing a subpoena if no objections were made or if a party's objections have been withdrawn or overruled by the court."
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