Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Florida Small Claims Rules, and Florida Rules of…
August 13, 2020
Summary
The Court further amended the Florida civil cover sheet and instructions after considering comments and the Civil Procedure Rule Committee’s response. The amendments replace the specific estimated claim amount with monetary ranges and clarify that the information is for data collection and clerical processing only, restore real-property and mortgage-foreclosure categories for county civil cases, and distinguish residential from non-residential evictions. The amendments became effective immediately upon release of the opinion.