In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure

Summary

The Florida Supreme Court adopted, effective immediately, proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure intended to implement recent legislation. The amendments create procedures for appointing counsel for dependent children with special needs and revise requirements concerning sibling placement and visitation, psychotropic medication, residential treatment, dependency petitions, and judicial review. The court also allowed interested persons sixty days to submit comments because the proposals had not been published for comment before adoption.