In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.530 and 2.540
The Florida Supreme Court amended Rule 2.540 (Requests for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities) to require ADA notice language in all court notices — whether issued by a judge or filed by an attorney or party, including summonses — and updated the prescribed font from Times New Roman/Courier to Bookman Old Style/Arial, with 'ADA Coordinator' replacing reference to a specific individual. Effective July 1, 2026. The Court separately declined to adopt a proposed Rule 2.530 amendment on audio-visual deposition technology, instead referring the matter to the Civil Procedure Rules Committee for consideration under Rule 1.310.
Key facts
- The Florida Bar's Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee proposed amendments to two rules: Rule 2.530 (Communication Technology) and Rule 2.540 (Requests for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities), reporting to the Florida Supreme Court under its rulemaking jurisdiction.
- The existing Rule 2.540(c)(1) ADA notice requirement had been interpreted as applying primarily to judicial orders, leaving a gap for attorney-filed notices, summonses, and other court process — practitioners were not uniformly including ADA notice language in those documents.
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Holdings
- Rule 2.540(c)(1) amended: ADA notice language is required in all court notices 'whether an order issued by a judge or a notice filed by an attorney or party,' including but not limited to a…
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Why it matters
This amendment broadens the scope of the ADA notice requirement: previously focused on judicial orders, the amended rule now expressly covers attorney-filed notices, summonses, and all other court documents — closing a… — full analysis with a trial
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