Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420
June 27, 2019
Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida amended Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420 to add two categories of confidential court records required by recently enacted legislation. The amendments require clerks to maintain confidentiality for Baker Act petitions, orders, and related records, and for specified identifying information and filings in domestic-violence and related injunction proceedings until personal service on the respondent. The amendments took effect July 1, 2019, and the Court allowed seventy-five days for public comments.