In re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure—2017 Regular-Cycle Report
The Florida Supreme Court adopted the Appellate Court Rules Committee's regular-cycle amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, effective January 1, 2019. Key changes create two new categories of appealable nonfinal orders (orders holding as a matter of law that a settlement agreement is unenforceable, set aside, or never existed, and orders granting or denying motions to disqualify counsel), restructure rule 9.020(h) on motions tolling rendition, clarify the scope of review of partial final judgments, reorganize rule 9.330 on rehearing/clarification/certification/written opinions, add new rule 9.380 (notice of related case or issue), and set deadlines for attorneys' fee motions in discretionary review proceedings. The Court declined, for now, to require three-judge panels for circuit court appellate jurisdiction and directed a special workgroup to study the issue.
Key facts
- The Florida Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure recommended by the Appellate Court Rules Committee in their regular-cycle report, effective January 1, 2019.
- The amendments created two new categories of appealable nonfinal orders: orders determining that a settlement agreement is unenforceable, set aside, or never existed, and orders granting or denying motions to disqualify counsel.
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Why it matters
These amendments directly change everyday appellate practice: two important new categories of appealable nonfinal orders (settlement-enforceability rulings and attorney-disqualification rulings) open interlocutory… — full analysis with a trial
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