In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.420 and 2.533

Summary

The Court approved amendments to rule 2.420 governing public access to and confidentiality of judicial branch records and adopted new rule 2.533 governing who may administer oaths and affirmations to jurors and witnesses. The amendments include requiring clerks to maintain documents related to settlements of minors' claims and wards' claims as confidential, and they take effect July 1, 2023, subject to a post-adoption comment period. The Court also made a minor modification to the proposed oath rule for consistency with an existing communication-technology rule.