Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration
October 1, 2015176 So. 3d 267
Summary
The court adopted amendments to rule 2.560 governing court appointment of spoken-language interpreters and adopted new rule 2.565 governing interpreter retention by attorneys and self-represented litigants. The amendments expand coverage to limited-English-proficient persons, establish a hierarchy of preferred interpreter qualifications, permit exceptions upon specified findings or a verified declaration, and became effective immediately because they addressed a registration requirement taking effect the same day. The court also allowed interested persons sixty days to submit comments because the amendments had not been published for comment beforehand.