In Re Implementation of Committee on Privacy and Court Records Recommendations—amendments to the Florida Rules Of…

Summary

The court adopted amendments to Florida court rules and forms designed to minimize unnecessary personal information in court filings and to facilitate appropriate electronic access to nonconfidential court records. The amendments establish a comprehensive framework limiting, truncating, or redacting sensitive information; restrict the filing of discovery materials absent good cause; authorize sanctions; and revise family-law, criminal, probate, appellate, small-claims, and approved-form provisions. The amendments were made effective nunc pro tunc to October 1, 2011.