In re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.280 and 1.340
The Florida Supreme Court adopted the Civil Procedure Rules Committee's proposed amendments adding new subdivision (i) to rule 1.280, which requires a responding party to restate each deposition question, interrogatory, or discovery request in full as numbered, followed by the answer, objection, or other response. The Court also deleted the first three sentences of rule 1.340(e) requiring blank spaces after each interrogatory, and updated references to the Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration. The amendments took effect October 15, 2021.
Key facts
- The Florida Supreme Court adopted amendments to Civil Procedure Rules 1.280 and 1.340 regarding the format and presentation of written discovery responses.
- New rule 1.280(i) requires responding parties to restate each discovery request in full as numbered, followed by the answer, objection, or other response, eliminating answers-only formats.
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Why it matters
Every Florida civil litigator serving or responding to written discovery must now restate each request verbatim before the response — answers-only formats no longer comply with rule 1.280(i). The companion deletion of… — full analysis with a trial
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