June 6, 2007
In re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
Case Number(s):
SC07-173

Transcript:

Summary:

The Court considers several proposed changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure. The recommendations were submitted by the Civil Procedure Rules Committee of the Florida Bar as part of its regular review of the rules. Several of proposed changes were drafted after The Bar's Commission on the Legal Needs of Children asked the rules panel to review the rules with an eye toward helping ensure that the procedural rights and needs of children are being met. The committee has also proposed a new rule addressing expert testimony with regard to attorneys' fees. Other proposed changes are technical or stem from a change in state statute.