In re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.205
On its own motion, the Florida Supreme Court amended Rule of Judicial Administration 2.205(a)(2)(B) to add a new subdivision (v) expressly recognizing the Chief Justice's authority, on request of a chief judge or sua sponte, to enter orders responding to a public health emergency. The amendment took effect immediately upon release, with a 75-day comment period.
Key facts
- The Florida Supreme Court, on its own motion, amended Rule of Judicial Administration 2.205(a)(2)(B) to add a new subdivision (v) recognizing the Chief Justice's authority to enter orders responding to a public health emergency.
- The amendment empowers the Chief Justice to suspend, extend, toll, or modify time deadlines, procedural requirements, jury trial procedures, and rules governing remote proceedings during a declared public health emergency.
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Why it matters
This is the structural rule change that underpinned the entire series of COVID-19 administrative orders tolling deadlines, suspending jury trials, and authorizing remote proceedings in Florida courts. Civil… — full analysis with a trial
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