In re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.530 and 1.535
On the Civil Procedure Rules Committee's unopposed report, the Florida Supreme Court amended Rule 1.530 to change the trigger for the 15-day deadlines in subdivisions (d) and (g) from 'entry of the judgment' to 'the date of filing of the judgment,' and relocated the entirety of Rule 1.535 (remittitur and additur) into new Rule 1.530(h), deleting Rule 1.535. The rule title was also amended to add 'Remittitur or Additur.' The amendments took effect October 1, 2022.
Key facts
- The Florida Supreme Court amended Civil Procedure Rules 1.530 and 1.535 on the unopposed recommendation of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee.
- The amendments changed the trigger for 15-day post-trial deadlines in Rule 1.530(d) and (g) from 'entry of the judgment' to 'the date of filing of the judgment,' effective October 1, 2022.
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Why it matters
Deadline-trigger language matters: counsel calculating post-trial deadlines must now measure the (d) and (g) 15-day periods from the date the judgment is filed, eliminating ambiguity over 'entry,' which in turn affects… — full analysis with a trial
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