In Re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration and the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida adopted proposed amendments to Rules of Judicial Administration 2.205(b)(5) and 2.210(b)(4) and Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.340(a) to provide that a mandate may be recalled by the court within 120 days of issuance, implementing newly enacted statutory authority. The amendments take effect on January 1, 2014, and the Court opened a sixty‑day comment period.