Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure – Corrected Opinion
March 26, 2015
Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida adopted proposed out-of-cycle amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure intended to implement recent legislation. The amendments establish procedures for appointing counsel for dependent children with special needs, strengthen requirements concerning sibling placement and visitation, and revise procedures for residential treatment, psychotropic medication, dependency petitions, and judicial review. The amendments took effect immediately, subject to a sixty-day period for post-adoption comments.