Title: In Re: Amendment to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.020

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
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No. SC21-253 
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IN RE: AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULE OF  
APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.020. 
 
September 2, 2021 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
Before the Court is the report of The Florida Bar’s Appellate 
Court Rules Committee (Committee) proposing an amendment to 
Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.020 (Definitions).  See Fla. R. 
Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b)(1).  We have jurisdiction.  See 
art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. 
 
The Committee proposes amending rule 9.020 to include 
motions filed under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.535 
(Remittitur and Additur) in the list of motions that toll rendition of 
final orders. 
 
The Committee’s proposal was approved by the Board of 
Governors of The Florida Bar by a vote of 39-1.  The proposed 
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amendment was published by both the Committee and the Court.  
No comments were received following either publication. 
 
Having considered the proposed amendment, the Court hereby 
amends Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.020 as proposed by 
the Committee.  In subdivision (h)(1)(A), the words “, remittitur, or 
additur” are added after “motion for new trial” to clarify that timely, 
authorized motions for remittitur or additur toll rendition. 
 
Accordingly, the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure are 
amended as set forth in the appendix to this opinion.  New language 
is indicated by underscoring.  The amendments shall become 
effective on October 1, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. 
 
It is so ordered. 
CANADY, C.J., and POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, MUÑIZ, 
COURIEL, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur. 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER 
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT. 
 
Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 
 
Laura Anne Triplett Roe, Chair, Honorable Stephanie Williams Ray, 
Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Tallahassee, Florida, 
Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, and Krys Godwin, Staff 
Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
for Petitioner 
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Appendix 
RULE 9.020. 
DEFINITIONS 
The following terms have the meanings shown as used in 
these rules: 
(a)-(g) [NO CHANGE] 
(h) 
Rendition of an Order. An order is rendered when a 
signed, written order is filed with the clerk of the lower tribunal. 
(1) 
Motions Tolling Rendition. The following motions, 
if authorized and timely filed, toll rendition unless another 
applicable rule of procedure specifically provides to the contrary: 
(A) 
motion for new trial, remittitur, or additur; 
(B) – (L) [NO CHANGE] 
(2) 
[NO CHANGE] 
 
(i)-(l) [NO CHANGE] 
Committee Notes 
[NO CHANGE] 
 
Court Commentary 
 
[NO CHANGE]