Supreme Court of Florida

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No. SC2023-0261

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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF APPELLATE 

PROCEDURE.

October 12, 2023

PER CURIAM.

The Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee filed a 

report proposing amendments to Florida Rules of Appellate 

Procedure 9.020 (Definitions), 9.147 (Appeal Proceedings to Review 

Final Orders Dismissing Petitions for Judicial Waiver of Parental 

Notice and Consent or Consent Only to Termination of Pregnancy), 

9.180 (Appeal Proceedings to Review Workers’ Compensation 

Cases), 9.200 (The Record), 9.320 (Oral Argument), 9.340

(Mandate), 9.420 (Filing; Service of Copies; Computation of Time), 

9.800 (Uniform Citation System), and 9.900 (Forms).1 The 

Committee proposes certain procedural changes to these rules as 

1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.
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well as minor technical revisions to conform with the guidelines we 

articulated in In re Guidelines for Rules Submissions, Florida 

Administrative Order No. AOSC22-78 (Oct. 24, 2022). Most of the

technical amendments were described in the Committee’s report, 

but a few were addressed in an Update to the Report of the 

Appellate Court Rules Committee, dated April 12, 2023.

Aside from the minor technical proposals included in the

recent update, the Committee published all proposed amendments

for comment and received no comments, and the Board of 

Governors of The Florida Bar unanimously recommends acceptance

of the amendments. This Court also published the proposed 

amendments (other than the minor technical revisions described in 

the update) and received no comments.

Having considered the proposed amendments and the 

Committee’s report, the Court hereby amends the Florida Rules of 

Appellate Procedure as proposed by the Committee, with one minor 

modification. The more significant amendments are as follows.

First, rule 9.020 is amended to create a new subdivision 

(h)(1)(M). Subdivision (h)(1) (Rendition of an Order; Motions Tolling 

Rendition) provides a list of motions that can toll rendition. New 
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subdivision (h)(1)(M) adds to that list motions filed under Florida 

Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.075(f) (Withdrawal of Plea After 

Disposition), which was amended in 2015 to allow juveniles to move 

to withdraw pleas after disposition. See In re Amends. to Fla. Rules 

of Juv. Proc., 175 So. 3d 263 (Fla. 2015). The only modification we 

make is to subdivision (h)(2)(A), which currently reads: “the final 

order shall not be deemed rendered as to any existing party . . . .” 

The Committee proposes amending this subdivision by replacing

the word “shall” with “must,” but we believe that “will” is the more

appropriate replacement in context.

Next, rule 9.147 is amended to align with section 

390.01114(6)(b)2., Florida Statutes (2023). Specifically, rule 

9.147(c) (Record) is amended to provide that lower tribunal clerks 

must simultaneously transmit notices of appeal and records on 

appeal electronically within two days of a notice of appeal being 

filed, and subdivision (d) (Disposition of Appeal) is amended to 

provide that appellate courts must dispose of any appeal within 

seven days of receipt of a notice of appeal. The title of subdivision 

(c) is also changed to “Transmission of Notice of Appeal and 

Electronic Record.”
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Next, rule 9.180 is amended to align with section 440.25(5)(b), 

Florida Statutes (2023). Specifically, subdivisions (B)-(F) of rule 

9.180(g)(3) are amended to provide that verified petitions to be 

relieved of costs must be filed within 15 days after service of a 

notice of estimated costs and that objections to such petitions must 

be filed within 20 days after service of the petition. In addition, 

subdivisions (f)(5)(B) and (f)(6)(B) are amended to provide that 

estimated costs must be deposited within 15 days after service of a 

notice of estimated costs and that any objection to a court reporter 

or transcriptionist must be filed within 15 days after service of the 

notice of selection.

Rule 9.180(f)(6)(A) is amended by deleting the word “approved” 

before the terms “court reporter” and “transcriptionist” to avoid 

implying that the services are carried out at public expense based 

on the definitions in Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial 

Administration 2.535(a) (Court Reporting; Definitions). Also, 

subdivision (f)(9), which lists rules that apply to preparation of the 

record, is amended to add a reference to rule 9.200(d) (The Record). 

Finally, subdivision (b)(3) is amended to clarify that a party’s failure 

to submit the required filing fee is not a jurisdictional defect.
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Next, rule 9.320 is amended to align with rule 9.120 

(Discretionary Proceedings to Review Decisions of District Courts of 

Appeal), which was amended in 2020 to provide that parties must 

file jurisdictional briefs in any proceeding seeking discretionary 

review of a district court decision. See In re Amends. to Fla. Rule of 

App. Proc. 9.120 & 9.210, 307 So. 3d 626 (Fla. 2020). Because of 

this requirement, a clause in rule 9.320(a) (Requests) reading 

“except that in proceedings in which jurisdiction is invoked under 

rule 9.030(a)(2)(A)(v), not later than 5 days after the filing of the 

notice to invoke discretionary review” is deleted. Rule 9.320 will 

instead tie requests for oral argument in discretionary review 

proceedings to the service of jurisdictional briefs.

Next, rule 9.420 is amended to remove language stating that

petitions invoking the Court’s original jurisdiction under rule 

9.030(a)(3), (b)(3), or (c)(3) must be served by e-mail pursuant to 

rule 2.516(b)(1) and in paper format pursuant to rule 2.516(b)(2). 

Because Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial 

Administration 2.516(b) (Service of Pleadings and Documents; 

Service; How Made) contains guidance for paper service when such 
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is required, rule 9.420(c) (Method of Service) will now simply state

that all documents must be served in conformity with rule 2.516(b).

Next, rule 9.800 is amended to replace an obsolete hyperlink 

to the Florida Style Manual with a general reference to the manual 

that does not require a rule amendment to be initiated anytime the 

website address changes.

Finally, rule 9.900 is amended to include a reference to rule 

9.200(b)(4), which explains how trial transcripts should be 

organized. Specifically, a reference to rule 9.200(b)(4) is now 

included in the note for Form 9.900(h), which describes deadlines 

for requesting extensions of time for designation to court reporter 

forms.

In addition to the procedural changes described above and the 

minor technical revisions made to comply with the Guidelines, rules 

9.147, 9.180, 9.200, 9.340, 9.420, and 9.900 are further amended 

by replacing inconsistent language used throughout the ruleset for 

lower tribunal clerks of court with more consistent terminology.

Accordingly, we amend the Florida Rules of Appellate

Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New 

language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by 
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struck-through type. The amendments shall become effective on 

January 1, 2024, at 12:01 a.m.

It is so ordered.

MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, 

FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.

THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER 

THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.

Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure

Elaine D. Walter, Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Miami, 

Florida, Hon. Andrew D. Manko, Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules 

Committee, Tallahassee, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle, Executive 

Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, and Heather Savage 

Telfer, Bar 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) Administrative Action. Administrative action shall

includes:

(1) – (4) [No Change]

(b) [No Change]

(c) Court. The supreme court;, the district courts of appeal;,

and the circuit courts in the exercise of the jurisdiction described 

by rule 9.030(c), including the chief justice of the supreme court 

and the chief judge of a district court of appeal in the exercise of 

constitutional, administrative, or supervisory powers on behalf of 

such courts.

(d) – (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) – (G) [No Change]

(H) motion to correct a sentence or order of 

probation pursuant tounder Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 

3.800(b)(1);

(I) motion to withdraw a plea after sentencing 

pursuant tounder Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.170(l);
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(J) motion to correct a disposition or commitment 

order pursuant tounder Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 

8.135(b);

(K) motion to claim ineffective assistance of 

counsel following an order terminating parental rights pursuant 

tounder Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.530(f); or

(L) motion to vacate an order based upon the 

recommendations of a hearing officer in accordance with Florida 

Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.491; or

(M) motion to withdraw a plea after disposition 

under Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.075(f).

(2) Effect of Motions Tolling Rendition. If any timely and 

authorized motion listed in subdivision (h)(1) of this rule has been 

filed in the lower tribunal directed to a final order, the following 

apply:

(A) the final order shallwill not be deemed

rendered as to any existing party until all of the motions are either 

withdrawn by written notice filed in the lower tribunal or resolved 

by the rendition of an order disposing of the last of such motions;

(B) [No Change]

(C) if a notice of appeal is filed before the rendition 

of an order disposing of all such motions, the appeal shallmust be 

held in abeyance until the motions are either withdrawn or resolved 

by the rendition of an order disposing of the last such motion.

(i) Rendition of an Appellate Order. If any timely and 

authorized motion under rules 9.330 or 9.331 is filed, the order 

shallmust not be deemed rendered as to any party until all of the 

motions are either withdrawn or resolved by the rendition of an 

order.

(j) – (l) [No Change]
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Committee Notes

[No Change]

Court Commentary

[No Change]

RULE 9.147. APPEAL PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW FINAL 

ORDERS DISMISSING PETITIONS FOR JUDICIAL 

WAIVER OF PARENTAL NOTICE AND CONSENT 

OR CONSENT ONLY TO TERMINATION OF 

PREGNANCY

(a) Applicability. Appeal proceedings to review final orders 

dismissing a petition for judicial waiver of parental notice and

consent or consent only to the termination of a pregnancy shallwill

be as in civil cases, except as modified by this rule.

(b) Fees. No filing fee shallwill be required for any part of an 

appeal of the dismissal of a petition for a judicial waiver of parental 

notice and consent or consent only to the termination of a 

pregnancy.

(c) Transmission of Notice of Appeal and Electronic 

Record. If an unmarried minor or another person on her behalf 

appeals an order dismissing a petition for judicial waiver of parental 

notice and consent or consent only to the termination of a 

pregnancy, the clerk of the lower tribunal shall prepare and 

electronically transmit the record as described in rule 9.200(d) 

within 2 days from the filing of the notice of appeal.Within 2 days of 

the filing of the notice of appeal, the clerk of the lower tribunal must 

electronically transmit the notice of appeal and the record 

simultaneously. The clerk of the lower tribunal must prepare the 

record as described in rule 9.200(d). 

(d) Disposition of Appeal. The court shallmust render its

decision on the appeal as expeditiously as possible and no later

than 7 days from the transmittal of the recordreceipt of the notice of 

appeal. If no decision is rendered within that time period, the order
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shall beis deemed reversed, the petition shall beis deemed granted,

and the clerk of the court shallmust place a certificate to that effect

in the file and provide the appellant, without charge, with a certified 

copy of the certificate.

(e) [No Change]

(f) Confidentiality of Proceedings. The appeal and all 

proceedings thereinwithin shallmust be confidential so that the 

minor shall remains anonymous. The file shallmust remain sealed 

unless otherwise ordered by the court.

(g) Procedure Following Reversal. If the dismissal of the 

petition is reversed on appeal, the clerk of the court shallmust

furnish the appellant, without charge, with either a certified copy of 

the decision or the clerk of the court’s certificate for delivery to the 

minor’s physician.

Committee Notes

[No Change]

RULE 9.180. APPEAL PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW WORKERS’ 

COMPENSATION CASES 

(a) Applicability. Appellate review of proceedings in workers’ 

compensation cases shallwill be as in civil cases except as 

specifically modified in this rule.

(b) Jurisdiction.

(1) Appeal. The First District Court of Appeal (the court) 

shallmust review by appeal any final order, as well as any nonfinal 

order of a lower tribunal that adjudicates:

(A) – (C) [No Change]

(2) Waiver of Review; Abbreviated Final Orders. Unless 

a request for findings of fact and conclusions of law is timely filed, 
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review by appeal of an abbreviated final order shallwill be deemed 

waived. The filing of a timely request tolls the time within which an 

abbreviated final order becomes final or an appeal may be filed.

(3) Commencement. Jurisdiction of the court under this 

rule shallmust be invoked by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk 

of the lower tribunal within 30 days of the date the lower tribunal 

sends to the parties the order to be reviewed either by mail or by 

electronic means approved by the deputy chief judge, which date 

shallwill be the date of rendition. The filing fee prescribed by law 

must be provided to the clerk or a verified petition for relief of 

payment of the fee must be filed with the notice of appeal.

(4) Notice of Appeal. The notice shallmust be 

substantially in the form prescribed by rule 9.900(a) or (c), and 

shallmust contain a brief summary of the type of benefits affected, 

including a statement setting forth the time periods involved which 

shallmust be substantially in the following form:

I hereby certify that this appeal affects only the following periods 

and classifications of benefits and medical treatment:

1. Compensation for .....(TTD, TPD, wage loss, 

impairment benefits, PTD, funeral benefits, or death benefits)..... 

from .....(date)..... to .....(date)......

2. Medical benefits.

3. Rehabilitation.

4. Reimbursement from the SDTF for benefits paid 

from .....(date)..... to .....(date)......

5. Contribution for benefits paid from .....(date)..... to 

.....(date)......

(c) Jurisdiction of Lower Tribunal.

(1) [No Change]
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(2) Settlement. At any time before the record on appeal 

is transmitted to the court, the lower tribunal shallwill have the 

authority to approve settlements or correct clerical errors in the 

order appealed.

(3) Relinquishment of Jurisdiction by Court to Consider 

Settlement. If, after the record on appeal is transmitted, settlement 

is reached, the parties shallmust file a joint motion stating that a 

settlement has been reached and requesting relinquishment of 

jurisdiction to the lower tribunal for any necessary approval of the 

settlement. The court may relinquish jurisdiction for a specified 

period for entry of an appropriate order. In the event the Division of 

Workers’ Compensation has advanced the costs of preparing the 

record on appeal or the filing fee, a copy of the joint motion 

shallmust be furnished to the divisionDivision of Workers’ 

Compensation by the appellant.

(A) Notice. On or before the date specified in the 

order relinquishing jurisdiction, the parties shallmust file a joint 

notice of disposition of the settlement with a conformed copy of any 

order entered on the settlement.

(B) Costs. Any order approving a settlement 

shallmust provide where appropriate for the assessment and 

recovery of appellate costs, including any costs incurred by the 

divisionDivision of Workers’ Compensation for insolvent appellants.

(d) Benefits Affected. Benefits specifically referenced in the 

notice of appeal may be withheld as provided by law pending the 

outcome of the appeal. Otherwise, benefits awarded shallmust be 

paid as required by law.

(1) Abandonment. If the appellant or cross-appellant 

fails to argue entitlement to benefits set forth in the notice of appeal 

in the appellant’s or cross-appellant’s initial brief, the challenge to 

such benefits shallwill be deemed abandoned. If there is a dispute 

as to whether a challenge to certain benefits has been abandoned, 

the court upon motion shallwill make that determination.

(2) [No Change]
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(3) Payment of Benefits After Appeal. If benefits are 

ordered paid by the court on completion of the appeal, they 

shallmust be paid, together with interest as required under section 

440.20, Florida Statutes, within 30 days after the court’s mandate. 

If the order of the court is appealed to the supreme court, benefits 

determined due by the court may be stayed in accordance with rule 

9.310. Benefits ordered paid by the supreme court shallmust be 

paid within 30 days of the court’s mandate.

(e) Intervention by Division of Workers’ Compensation.

(1) [No Change]

(2) Supreme Court of Florida. If review of an order of the 

court is sought in the supreme court, the divisionDivision of 

Workers’ Compensation may intervene in accordance with these 

rules. The clerk of the supreme court shallmust provide a copy of 

the pertinent documents to the divisionDivision of Workers’ 

Compensation.

(3) Division of Workers’ Compensation Not a Party Until 

Notice to Intervene Is Filed. Until the notice of intervention is filed, 

the divisionDivision of Workers’ Compensation shallwill not be 

considered a party.

(f) Record Contents; Final Orders.

(1) Transcript; Order; Other Documents. The record 

shallmust contain the claim(s) or petition(s) for benefits, notice(s) of 

denial, pretrial stipulation, pretrial order, trial memoranda, 

depositions or exhibits admitted into evidence, any motion for 

rehearing and response, order on motion for rehearing, transcripts

of any hearings before the lower tribunal, and the order appealed. 

The parties may designate other items for inclusion in or omission 

from the record in accordance with rule 9.200.

(2) Proffered Evidence. Evidence proffered but not 

introduced into evidence at the hearing shallwill not be considered 

unless its admissibility is an issue on appeal and the question is 

properly designated for inclusion in the record by a party.
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(3) Certification; Transmission. The lower tribunal 

shallmust certify and transmit the record to the court as prescribed 

by these rules.

(4) Stipulated Record. The parties may stipulate to the 

contents of the record. In such a case the record shallwill consist of 

the stipulated statement and the order appealed which the lower 

tribunal shallmust certify as the record on appeal.

(5) Costs.

(A) Notice of Estimated Costs. Within 5 days after 

the contents of the record have been determined under these rules, 

the lower tribunal shallmust notify the appellant of the estimated 

cost of preparing the record. The lower tribunal also shallmust

notify the Division of Workers’ Compensation of the estimated 

record costs if the appellant files a verified petition to be relieved of 

costs and a sworn financial affidavit.

(B) Deposit of Estimated Costs. Within 2015 days 

after the notice of estimated costs is served, the appellant shallmust

deposit a sum of money equal to the estimated costs with the lower 

tribunal.

(C) Failure to Deposit Costs. If the appellant fails 

to deposit the estimated costs within the time prescribed, the lower 

tribunal shallmust notify the court, which may dismiss the appeal.

(D) [No Change]

(E) Costs. If additional costs are incurred in 

correcting, amending, or supplementing the record, the lower 

tribunal shallmust assess such costs against the appropriate party. 

If the Division of Workers’ Compensation is obligated to pay the 

costs of the appeal due to the appellant’s indigency, it must be 

given notice of any proceeding to assess additional costs. Within 15 

days after the entry of the order assessing costs, the assessed party 

must deposit the sums so ordered with the lower tribunal. The 

lower tribunal shallmust promptly notify the court if costs are not 

deposited as required.
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(6) Transcript(s) of Proceedings.

(A) Selection of Approved Court Reporter by Lower 

Tribunal. The deputy chief judge of compensation claims shallwill

select an approved court reporter or an approved transcriptionist to 

transcribe any hearing(s). The deputy chief judge who makes the 

selection shallmust give the parties notice of the selection.

(B) Objection to Court Reporter or Transcriptionist 

Selected. Any party may object to the court reporter or 

transcriptionist selected by filing written objections with the judge 

who made the selection within 2015 days after service of notice of 

the selection. Within 5 days after filing the objection, the judge 

shallmust hold a hearing on the issue. In such a case, the time 

limits mandated by these rules shallwill be appropriately extended.

(C) Certification of Transcript by Court Reporter or 

Transcriptionist. The court reporter or transcriptionist selected by 

the deputy chief judge of compensation claims shallmust certify and 

deliver an electronic version of the transcript(s) to the clerk of the 

office of the judges of compensation claims. The transcript(s) 

shallmust be delivered in sufficient time for the clerk of the office of 

the judges of compensation claims to incorporate transcript(s) in 

the record. The court reporter or transcriptionist shallmust

promptly notify all parties in writing when the transcript(s) is 

delivered to the clerk of the office of the judges of compensation 

claims.

(7) Preparation; Certification; Transmission of the 

Record. The deputy chief judge of compensation claims shallmust

designate the person to prepare the record. The clerk of the office of 

the judges of compensation claims shallmust supervise the 

preparation of the record. The record shallmust be transmitted to 

the lower tribunal in sufficient time for the lower tribunal to review 

the record and transmit it to the court. The lower tribunal 

shallmust review the original record, certify that it was prepared in 

accordance with these rules, and within 60 days of the notice of 

appeal being filed transmit the record to the court. The lower 

tribunal shallmust provide a Portable Document Format (“PDF”) file 

of the record to all counsel of record and all unrepresented parties.
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(8) [No Change]

(9) Applicability of Rule 9.200. Rules 9.200(a)(3), (c), (d),

and (f) shall apply to preparation of the record in appeals under this 

rule.

(g) Relief From Filing Fee and Cost; Indigency.

(1) [No Change]

(2) Filing Fee.

(A) – (B) [No Change]

(C) Verified Petition; Contents. The verified 

petition or motion shallmust contain a statement by the appellant 

to be relieved of paying filing fees due to indigency and the 

appellant’s inability to pay the charges. The petition shallmust

request that the lower tribunal enter an order or certificate of 

indigency. One of the following shallmust also be filed in support of 

the verified petition or motion:

(i) [No Change]

(ii) If the appellant is represented by counsel, 

counsel shallmust certify that counsel has investigated:

a. – b. [No Change]

Counsel shallmust also certify that counsel has not been paid or 

promised payment of a fee or other remuneration for such legal 

services except for the amount, if any, ultimately approved by the 

lower tribunal to be paid by the employer/carrier if such 

entitlement is determined by the court.

(D) Service. The appellant shallmust serve a copy 

of the verified petition or motion of indigency, including the 

appellant’s financial affidavit or counsel’s certificate, whichever is 

applicable, on all interested parties and the clerk of the court.
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(E) Order or Certificate of Indigency. The lower 

tribunal shallmust review the verified petition or motion for 

indigency and supporting documents without a hearing, and if the 

lower tribunal finds compliance with section 57.081(1), Florida 

Statutes, may issue a certificate of indigency or enter an order 

granting said relief, at which time the appellant may proceed 

without further application to the court and without payment of any 

filing fees. If the lower tribunal enters an order denying relief, the 

appellant shallmust deposit the filing fee with the lower tribunal 

within 15 days from the date of the order unless timely review is 

sought by motion filed with the court.

(3) Costs of Preparation of Record.

(A) Authority. An appellant may be relieved in 

whole or in part from the costs of the preparation of the record on 

appeal by filing with the lower tribunal a verified petition to be 

relieved of costs and a copy of the designation of the record on 

appeal. The verified petition to be relieved of costs shallmust

contain a sworn financial affidavit as described in subdivision 

(g)(3)(D).

(B) Time. The verified petition to be relieved of 

costs must be filed within 2015 days after service of the notice of 

estimated costs. A verified petition filed prior tobefore the date of 

service of the notice of estimated costs shallwill be deemed not 

timely.

(C) Verified Petition; Contents. The verified 

petition shallmust contain a request by the appellant to be relieved 

of costs due to insolvency. The petition also shallmust include a 

statement by the appellant’s attorney or the appellant, if not 

represented by an attorney, that the appeal was filed in good faith 

and the court reasonably could find reversible error in the record 

and shallmust state with particularity the specific legal and factual 

grounds for that opinion.

(D) Sworn Financial Affidavit; Contents. With the 

verified petition to be relieved of costs, the appellant shallmust file a 
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sworn financial affidavit listing income and assets, including 

marital income and assets, and expenses and liabilities.

(E) Verified Petition and Sworn Financial Affidavit; 

Service. The appellant shallmust serve a copy of the verified petition 

to be relieved of costs, including the sworn financial affidavit, on all 

interested parties, including the Division of Workers’ Compensation, 

the office of general counsel of the Department of Financial 

Services, and the clerk of the court.

(F) Hearing on Petition to Be Relieved of Costs.

After giving 15 days’ notice to the Division of Workers’ 

Compensation and all parties, the lower tribunal shallmust

promptly hold a hearing and rule on the merits of the petition to be 

relieved of costs. However, if no objection to the petition is filed by 

the division or a party within 3020 days after the petition is served, 

the lower tribunal may enter an order on the merits of the petition 

without a hearing.

(G) Extension of Appeal Deadlines. If the petition 

to be relieved of the entire cost of the preparation of the record on 

appeal is granted, the 60-day period allowed under these rules for 

the preparation of the record shallwill begin to run from the date of 

the order granting the petition. If the petition to be relieved of the 

cost of the record is denied or only granted in part, the petitioner 

shallmust deposit the estimated costs with the lower tribunal, or file 

a motion requesting a determination of indigency, within 15 days 

from the date the order denying the petition is entered. The 60-day 

period allowed under these rules for the preparation of the record 

shallwill begin from the date the estimated cost is deposited with 

the lower tribunal. If the petition to be relieved of the cost of the 

record is withdrawn before ruling, then the petitioner shallmust

deposit the estimated costs with the lower tribunal at the time the 

petition is withdrawn and the 60-day period for preparation of the 

record shallwill begin to run from the date the petition is 

withdrawn.

(H) Payment of Cost for Preparation of Record by 

Administration Trust Fund. If the petition to be relieved of costs is 

granted, the lower tribunal may order the Workers’ Compensation 
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Administration Trust Fund to pay the cost of the preparation of the 

record on appeal pending the final disposition of the appeal. The 

lower tribunal shallmust provide a copy of such order to all 

interested parties, including the division, general counsel of the 

Department of Financial Services, and the clerk of the court.

(I) Reimbursement of Administration Trust Fund 

If Appeal Is Successful. If the Administration Trust Fund has paid 

the costs of the preparation of the record and the appellant prevails 

at the conclusion of the appeal, the appellee shallmust reimburse 

the fund the costs paid within 30 days of the mandate issued by the 

court or supreme court under these rules.

(h) Briefs and Motions Directed to Briefs.

(1) Briefs; Final Order Appeals. Within 30 days after the 

lower tribunal certifies the record to the court, the appellant 

shallmust serve the initial brief. Additional briefs shallmust be 

served as prescribed by rule 9.210.

(2) Briefs; Nonfinal Appeals. The appellant’s initial brief, 

accompanied by an appendix as prescribed by rule 9.220, 

shallmust be served within 15 days of filing the notice. Additional 

briefs shallmust be served as prescribed by rule 9.210.

(3) Motions to Strike. Motions to strike a brief or 

portions of a brief will not be entertained by the court. However, a 

party, in its own brief, may call to the court’s attention a breach of 

these rules. If no further responsive brief is authorized, 

noncompliance may be brought to the court’s attention by filing a 

suggestion of noncompliance. Statements in briefs not supported by 

the record shallwill be disregarded and may constitute cause for 

imposition of sanctions.

(i) Attorneys’ Fees and Appellate Costs.

(1) Costs. Appellate costs shallmust be taxed as 

provided by law. Taxable costs shallwill include those items listed in 

rule 9.400 and costs for a transcript included in an appendix as 

part of an appeal of a nonfinal order.
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(2) Attorneys’ Fees. A motion for attorneys’ fees 

shallmust be served in accordance with rule 9.400(b).

(3) Entitlement and Amount of Fees and Costs. If the 

court determines that an appellate fee is due, the lower tribunal 

shallwill have jurisdiction to conduct hearings and consider 

evidence regarding the amount of the attorneys’ fee and costs due 

at any time after the mandate, if applicable, or the final order or 

opinion disposing of the case is issued, whichever is later.

(4) Review. Review shallwill be in accordance with rule 

9.400(c).

Committee Notes

[No Change]

RULE 9.200. THE RECORD

(a) Contents.

(1) Except as otherwise designated by the parties, the 

record shallmust consist of all documents filed in the lower 

tribunal, all exhibits that are not physical evidence, and any 

transcript(s) of proceedings filed in the lower tribunal, except 

summonses, praecipes, subpoenas, returns, notices of hearing or of 

taking deposition, depositions, and other discovery. In criminal 

cases, when any exhibit, including physical evidence, is to be 

included in the record, the clerk of the lower tribunal shallmust

not, unless ordered by the court, transmit the original and, if 

capable of reproduction, shallmust transmit a copy, including but 

not limited to copies of any tapes, CDs, DVDs, or similar 

electronically recorded evidence. The record shallmust also include 

a progress docket.

(2) Within 10 days of filing the notice of appeal, an 

appellant may direct the clerk of the lower tribunal to include or 

exclude other documents or exhibits filed in the lower tribunal. The 

directions shallmust be substantially in the form prescribed by rule 

9.900(g). If the clerk of the lower tribunal is directed to transmit 
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less than the entire record or a transcript of trial with less than all 

of the testimony, the appellant shallmust serve with such direction 

a statement of the judicial acts to be reviewed. Within 20 days of 

filing the notice, an appellee may direct the clerk of the lower 

tribunal to include additional documents and exhibits.

(3) The parties may prepare a stipulated statement 

showing how the issues to be presented arose and were decided in 

the lower tribunal, attaching a copy of the order to be reviewed and 

as much of the record in the lower tribunal as is necessary to a 

determination of the issues to be presented. The parties shallmust

advise the clerk of the lower tribunal of their intention to rely on a 

stipulated statement in lieu of the record as early in advance of 

filing as possible. The stipulated statement shallmust be filed by the 

parties and transmitted to the court by the clerk of the lower 

tribunal within the time prescribed for transmittal of the record.

(b) Transcript(s) of Proceedings.

(1) Designation to Court Reporter. Within 10 days of 

filing the notice of appeal, the appellant shallmust designate those 

portions of the proceedings not on file deemed necessary for 

transcription and inclusion in the record and shallmust serve the 

designation on the approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or 

approved transcriptionist. Within 20 days of filing the notice of 

appeal, an appellee may designate additional portions of the 

proceedings and shallmust serve the designation on the approved 

court reporter, civil court reporter, or approved transcriptionist. 

Copies of designations shallmust be served on the approved court 

reporter, civil court reporter, or approved transcriptionist. Costs of 

the transcript(s) so designated shallwill be borne initially by the 

designating party, subject to appropriate taxation of costs as 

prescribed by rule 9.400. At the time of the designation, unless 

other satisfactory arrangements have been made, the designating 

party must make a deposit of 1/2 of the estimated transcript costs, 

and must pay the full balance of the fee on delivery of the completed 

transcript(s).

(2) Court Reporter’s Acknowledgment. On service of a 

designation, the approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or 
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approved transcriptionist shallmust acknowledge at the foot of the 

designation the fact that it has been received and the date on which 

the approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or approved 

transcriptionist expects to have the transcript(s) completed and 

shallmust serve the so-endorsed designation on the parties and file 

it with the clerk of the courtlower tribunal within 5 days of service. 

If the transcript(s) cannot be completed within 30 days of service of 

the designation, the approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or 

approved transcriptionist shallmust request such additional time as 

is reasonably necessary and shallmust state the reasons therefor. If 

the approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or approved 

transcriptionist requests an extension of time, the court shallmust

allow the parties 5 days in which to object or agree. The court 

shallmust approve the request or take other appropriate action and 

shallmust notify the reporter and the parties of the due date of the 

transcript(s).

(3) Time for Service of Transcript. Within 30 days of 

service of a designation, or within the additional time provided for 

under subdivision (b)(2) of this rule, the approved court reporter, 

civil court reporter, or approved transcriptionist shallmust

transcribe and file with the clerk of the lower tribunal the 

designated proceedings and shallmust serve copies as requested in 

the designation. If a designating party directs the approved court 

reporter, civil court reporter, or approved transcriptionist to furnish 

the transcript(s) to fewer than all parties, that designating party 

shallmust serve a copy of the designated transcript(s) on the parties 

within 10 days of receipt from the approved court reporter, civil 

court reporter, or approved transcriptionist. 

(4) Organization of Transcript. The transcript of the trial 

shallmust be filed with the clerk of the lower tribunal separately 

from the transcript(s) of any other designated proceedings. The 

transcript of the trial shallmust be followed by a master trial index 

containing the names of the witnesses, a list of all exhibits offered 

and introduced in evidence, and the pages where each may be 

found. The pages, including the index pages, shallmust be 

consecutively numbered, beginning with page 1. The pages 

shallmust not be condensed.
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(5) Statement of Evidence or Proceedings. If no report of 

the proceedings was made, or if the transcript is unavailable, a 

party may prepare a statement of the evidence or proceedings from 

the best available means, including the party’s recollection. The 

statement shallmust be served on all other parties, who may serve 

objections or proposed amendments to it within 15 days of service. 

Thereafter, the statement and any objections or proposed 

amendments shallmust be filed with the lower tribunal for 

settlement and approval. As settled and approved, the statement 

shallmust be included by the clerk of the lower tribunal in the 

record.

(c) Cross-Appeals. Within 20 days of filing the notice of 

appeal, a cross-appellant may direct that additional documents, 

exhibits, or transcript(s) be included in the record. If less than the 

entire record is designated, the cross-appellant shallmust serve, 

with the directions, a statement of the judicial acts to be reviewed. 

The cross-appellee shallwill have 15 days after such service to 

direct further additions. The time for preparation and transmittal of 

the record shallwill be extended by 10 days.

(d) Preparation and Transmission of Electronic Record.

(1) The clerk of the lower tribunal shallmust prepare 

the record as follows:

(A) The clerk of the lower tribunal shallmust

assemble the record on appeal and prepare a cover page and a 

complete index to the record. The cover page shallmust include the 

name of the lower tribunal, the style and number of the case, and 

the caption RECORD ON APPEAL in 48-point bold font. Consistent 

with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 

2.420(g)(8), the index shallmust indicate any confidential 

information in the record and if the information was determined to 

be confidential in an order, identify such order by date or docket 

number and record page number. The clerk of the lower tribunal 

shallwill not be required to verify and shallwill not charge for the 

incorporation of any transcript(s) into the record. The transcript of 

the trial shallmust be kept separate from the remainder of the 

record on appeal and shallmust not be renumbered by the clerk of 
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the lower tribunal. The progress docket shallmust be incorporated 

into the record immediately after the index.

(B) All pages of the record shallmust be 

consecutively numbered. Any transcripts other than the transcript 

of the trial shallmust continue the pagination of the record pages. 

Supplements permitted after the clerk of the lower tribunal has 

transmitted the record to the court shallmust be submitted by the 

clerk of the lower tribunal as separate Portable Document Format 

(“PDF”) files in which pagination is consecutive from the original 

record and continues through each supplement.

(C) The entire record, except for the transcript of 

the trial, shallmust be compiled into a single PDF file. The PDF file 

shallmust be:

(i) – (iii) [No Change]

(2) The transcript of the trial shallmust be converted 

into a second PDF file. The PDF file shallmust be:

(A) – (B) [No Change]

(3) The clerk of the lower tribunal shallmust certify the 

record, redact the PDF files of the record and the transcript of the 

trial pursuant tounder Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial 

Administration 2.420(d), and transmit the redacted PDF files to the 

court by the method described in subdivisions (d)(4) of this rule. By 

request or standing agreement with the clerk of the lower tribunal, 

counsel of record or a pro se party may obtain the record and the 

transcript of the trial that are unredacted to the extent permitted 

for access by the requestor. No formal motion shallwill be required. 

The clerk of the lower tribunal shallmust certify the less redacted 

record and transmit the PDF files to the court by the method 

described in subdivision (d)(4) of this rule or file a notice of inability 

to complete or transmit the record, specifying the reason.

(4) The clerk of the lower tribunal shallmust transmit 

the record and the transcript of the trial to the court by uploading 

the PDF files:
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(A) – (B) [No Change]

(5) The court shallmust upload the electronic record to 

the electronic filing (e-filing) system docket. Attorneys and those 

parties who are registered users of the court’s e-filing system may 

download the electronic record in their case(s).

(e) Duties of Appellant or Petitioner. The burden to ensure 

that the record is prepared and transmitted in accordance with 

these rules shallwill be on the petitioner or the appellant. Any party 

may enforce the provisions of this rule by motion.

(f) Correcting and Supplementing Record.

(1) [No Change]

(2) If the court finds the record is incomplete, it 

shallmust direct a party to supply the omitted parts of the record. 

No proceeding shallwill be determined, because of an incomplete 

record, until an opportunity to supplement the record has been 

given.

(3) [No Change]

Committee Notes

[No Change]

RULE 9.320. ORAL ARGUMENT 

(a) Requests. Oral argument may be permitted in any 

proceeding. A request for oral argument shallmust be in a separate 

document served by a party:

(1) – (3) [No Change]

(4) in proceedings governed by rule 9.120, not later 

than the date the party’s brief on jurisdiction is due to be served, 

except that in proceedings in which jurisdiction is invoked under 
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rule 9.030(a)(2)(A)(v), not later than 5 days after the filing of the 

notice to invoke discretionary review.

(b) – (c) [No Change]

(d) Requests to the Supreme Court of Florida. A request 

for oral argument to the supreme court shallmust include a brief 

statement regarding why oral argument would enhance the 

supreme court’s consideration of the issues to be raised. A party 

may file a response to the request within 5 days of the filing of the 

request. No reply shallwill be permitted.

(e) Use of Communication Technology.

(1) [No Change]

(2) Request to Participate by Communication Technology.

A request may be made by a party for one1 or more of the parties to 

participate in oral argument through the use of communication 

technology. Such request must be included in the request for oral 

argument under subdivision (a). The request must state the reason 

for requesting participation by communication technology.

(3) – (5) [No Change]

Committee Notes

[No Change]

RULE 9.340. MANDATE

(a) Issuance and Recall of Mandate. Unless otherwise 

ordered by the court or provided by these rules, the clerk of the 

court shallmust issue such mandate or process as may be directed 

by the court after expiration of 15 days from the date of an order or 

decision. A copy thereof, or notice of its issuance, shallmust be 

served on all parties. The court may direct the clerk of the court to 

recall the mandate, but not more than 120 days after its issuance.
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(b) Extension of Time for Issuance of Mandate. Unless 

otherwise provided by these rules, if a timely motion for rehearing, 

clarification, certification, or issuance of a written opinion has been 

filed, the time for issuance of the mandate or other process shallwill

be extended until 15 days after rendition of the order denying the 

motion, or, if granted, until 15 days after the cause has been fully 

determined.

(c) Entry of Money Judgment. If a judgment of reversal is 

entered that requires the entry of a money judgment on a verdict, 

the mandate shallwill be deemed to require such money judgment 

to be entered as of the date of the verdict.

Committee Notes

[No Change]

RULE 9.420. FILING; SERVICE OF COPIES; COMPUTATION OF 

TIME

(a) Filing.

(1) Generally. Filing may be accomplished in a manner

in conformity with the requirements of Florida Rule of General 

Practice and Judicial Administration 2.525. 

(2) Inmate Filing. The filing date of a document filed by 

a pro se inmate confined in an institution shallwill be presumed to 

be the date it is stamped for filing by the clerk of the court, except 

as follows: 

(A) the document shallwill be presumed to be filed 

on the date the inmate places it in the hands of an institutional 

official for mailing if the institution has a system designed for legal 

mail, the inmate uses that system, and the institution’s system 

records that date; or 

(B) the document shallwill be presumed to be filed 

on the date reflected on a certificate of service contained in the 
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document if the certificate is in substantially the form prescribed by 

subdivision (d)(1) of this rule and either: 

(i) – (ii) [No Change]

(b) Service.

(1) By a Party or Amicus Curiae. All documents 

shallmust be filed either before service or immediately thereafter. A 

copy of all documents filed under these rules shallmust, before 

filing or immediately thereafter, be served on each of the parties. 

The lower tribunal, before the record is transmitted, or the court, on 

motion, may limit the number of copies to be served. 

(2) By the Clerk of the Court. A copy of all orders and 

decisions shallmust be transmitted, in the manner set forth for 

service in rule 9.420(c), by the clerk of the court to all parties at the 

time of entry of the order or decision, without first requiring 

payment of any costs for the copies of those orders and decisions. 

Prior toBefore the court’s entry of an order or decision, the court 

may require that the parties furnish the court with stamped, 

addressed envelopes for transmission of the order or decision.

(c) Method of Service. Service of every document filed in a 

proceeding governed by these rules (including any briefs, motions, 

notices, responses, petitions, and appendices) shallmust be made in 

conformity with the requirements of Florida Rule of General Practice 

and Judicial Administration 2.516(b), except that petitions invoking 

the original jurisdiction of the court under rule 9.030(a)(3), (b)(3), or 

(c)(3) shall be served both by e-mail pursuant to rule 2.516(b)(1) 

and in paper format pursuant to rule 2.516(b)(2). Service of any 

document required to be served but not filed contemporaneously 

shallmust be made in conformity with the requirements of Florida 

Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516, unless 

a court orders, a statute specifies, or a supreme court 

administrative order specifies a different means of service.

(d) Proof of Service. A certificate of service by an attorney 

that complies in substance with the requirements of Florida Rule of 

General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516(f) and a 
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certificate of service by a pro se party that complies in substance 

with the appropriate form below shallwill be taken as prima facie 

proof of service in compliance with these rules. The certificate 

shallmust specify the party each attorney represents.

(1) – (2) [No Change]

(e) Computation. Computation of time shall beis governed 

by Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 

2.514.

Committee Notes

[No Change]

Court Commentary

[No Change]

RULE 9.800. UNIFORM CITATION SYSTEM

This rule applies to all legal documents, including court 

opinions. Except for citations to case reporters, all citation forms 

should be spelled out in full if used as an integral part of a sentence 

either in the text or in footnotes. Abbreviated forms as shown in 

this rule should be used if the citation is intended to stand alone 

either in the text or in footnotes.

(a) – (c) [No Change]

(d) Florida Administrative Agencies.

(1) – (3) [No Change]

(4) Decisions that are not available online may be cited 

to an administrative law reporter as follows if published therein:

(A) – (D) [No Change]
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(E) Florida Public Employee Reporter: Delgado v. 

Sch. Dist. of Broward Cty., 36 F.P.E.R. 207 (Fla. Pub. Emp. Rel. 

Comm’n Gen. Counsel 2010);

(F) Florida Public Service Commission Reporter: In 

re Nuclear Cost Recovery Clause, 2013 F.P.S.C. 10:149 (Fla. Pub. 

Serv. Comm’n 2013);

(G) – (I) [No Change]

(e) – (o) [No Change]

(p) Other Citations. AFor all other citations shall be in, use 

the form prescribed by the latest edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform 

System of Citation, The Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett 

House, Cambridge, MA 02138. CFor citations not covered in this 

rule or in The Bluebook, shall be inuse the form prescribed by the 

latest edition of the Florida Style Manual (available at 

www.law.fsu.edu/lawreview/florida-style-manualonline) published 

by the Florida State University Law Review, Tallahassee, FL 32306.

(q) Case Names. CUnderscore or italicize case names shall 

be underscored or italicized in text and in footnotes.

Committee Notes

[No Change]
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RULE 9.900. FORMS

(a) Notice of Appeal.

IN THE .....(NAME OF THE LOWER 

TRIBUNAL WHOSE ORDER IS TO 

BE REVIEWED).....

Case No. 

,)

Defendant/Appellant, )

)

v. ) NOTICE OF APPEAL

)

,)

Plaintiff/Appellee. )

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN that , Defendant/Appellant, appeals to the 

.....(name of court that has appellate jurisdiction)....., the order of this court 

rendered [see rule 9.020(h)] .....(date)...... [Conformed copies of orders 

designated in the notice of appeal shallmust be attached in accordance with 

rules 9.110(d), and 9.160(c).] The nature of the order is a final order .....(state 

nature of the order)...... [If a motion postponing rendition is pending in the 

lower tribunal, state the nature of the motion and the date it was filed.]

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

Florida Bar No. ....................
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(b) Notice of Cross-Appeal.

IN THE .....(NAME OF THE LOWER 

TRIBUNAL WHOSE ORDER IS TO 

BE REVIEWED).....

Case No. 

,)

Defendant/Appellant,/ )

Cross-Appellee, )

)

v. ) NOTICE OF CROSS-APPEAL

)

,)

Plaintiff/Appellee/ )

Cross-Appellant. )

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN that , Plaintiff/Cross-Appellant, appeals to 

the .....(name of court that has appellate jurisdiction)....., the order of this court 

rendered [see rule 9.020(h)] .....(date)...... The nature of the order is a final 

order .....(state nature of the order)......

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

Florida Bar No. ....................
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(c) Notice of Appeal of Nonfinal Order.

(1) Notice of Appeal of Nonfinal Order.

IN THE .....(NAME OF THE LOWER 

TRIBUNAL WHOSE ORDER IS TO 

BE REVIEWED).....

Case No. 

,)

Defendant/Appellant, )

)

v. ) NOTICE OF APPEAL OF A

) NONFINAL ORDER

,)

Plaintiff/Appellee. )

)

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN that , Defendant/Appellant, appeals to 

the .....(name of court that has appellate jurisdiction)....., the order of this court 

rendered [see rule 9.020(h)] .....(date)...... [Conformed copies of orders 

designated in the notice of appeal shallmust be attached in accordance with 

rules 9.110(d), 9.130(c), and 9.160(c).] The nature of the order is a nonfinal 

order .....(state nature of the order)......

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

Florida Bar No. ....................

(2) [No Change]

(d) [No Change]
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(e) Notice of Administrative Appeal.

IN THE .....(NAME OF AGENCY,

OFFICER, BOARD, COMMISSION,

OR BODY WHOSE ORDER IS TO BE 

REVIEWED).....

Case No. 

,)

Defendant*/Appellant, )

)

v. ) NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE

) APPEAL

,)

Plaintiff*/Appellee. )

)

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN that , Appellant, appeals to the .....(name 

of court that has appellate jurisdiction)....., the order of this .....(name of 

agency, officer, board, commission, or body whose order is to be reviewed)..... 

rendered [see rule 9.020(h)] .....(date)...... [Conformed copies of orders 

designated in the notice of appeal shallmust be attached in accordance with 

rules 9.110(d) and 9.130(c).] The nature of the order is .....(state nature of the 

order)......

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

Florida Bar No. ....................

*or other appropriate designation.
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(f) Notice of Appeal of an Order Dismissing a Petition for 

a Judicial Waiver of Parental Notice and Consent or Consent 

Only to Termination of Pregnancy and Advisory Notice to 

Minor.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 

JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

(NUMERICAL DESIGNATION OF 

THE CIRCUIT) IN AND FOR 

COUNTY, FLORIDA

Case No. 

In re: Petition for a Judicial )

Waiver of Parental Notice and )

Consent or Consent Only to )

Termination of Pregnancy. )

) NOTICE OF APPEAL

)

(Your pseudonym or initials) )

)

Appellant. )

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN that .....(your pseudonym or initials)....., appeals to 

the .....(District Court of Appeal with appellate jurisdiction)....., the order of this 

court rendered .....(enter the date that the order was filed on the clerk’s of the 

lower tribunal’s docket)..... [See rule 9.020(h)]. The nature of the order is a final 

order dismissing a petition for a judicial waiver of parental notice and consent 

or consent only to termination of pregnancy.

Signature: 

(As signed on your petition for 

judicial waiver if you are 

representing yourself)

Date: 

OR

Attorney for 

(pseudonym or initials of appellant)

(address, e-mail address, and phone 

number of attorney)

Florida Bar No. 
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ADVISORY NOTICE TO THE MINOR 

YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

1. You are entitled to appeal the order dismissing your petition for a 

judicial waiver of parental notice and consent or consent only to termination of 

pregnancy. You do not have to pay a filing fee for the appeal.

2. If you wish to appeal, you must file a notice of appeal with the 

circuit court in which your case was heard. A form for the notice of appeal (Fla. 

R. App. P.Fla. R. App. P. 9.900(f)) will be provided to you with the order 

dismissing your petition. You must fill in every blank on the form with the 

information requested. If you need assistance with the form, the clerk of the 

circuit court will help you complete it.

3. You must file the notice of appeal with the clerk of the circuit court 

where your case was heard. The notice of appeal must be filed within thirty (30)

days of the date when the judge’s written order dismissing your petition was 

filed with the clerk of the circuit court. If you do not file your notice of appeal 

within this time period your appeal will not be heard.

4. The notice of appeal is the only document you need to file in 

connection with your appeal. You may file a motion to seek permission to file a 

brief in your case, or to request oral argument of your case. These motions or 

any other motions or documents you file concerning your appeal, except the 

notice of appeal, must be mailed or delivered to the appellate court for filing, or 

electronically filed with the appellate court. The appellate court that will be 

reviewing your case is:

The District Court of Appeal

(address of the District Court)

Telephone number: 

(Note: The clerk of the circuit court will fill in the blanks above with the 

appropriate court information).

5. You may request a lawyer to represent you in your appeal. You 

must tell the judge who heard your petition for a judicial waiver of parental 

notice and consent or consent only to termination of pregnancy that you wish 

to have a lawyer appointed. 
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(g) Directions to Clerk of the Lower Tribunal.

IN THE .....(NAME OF THE LOWER

TRIBUNAL WHOSE ORDER IS TO

BE REVIEWED).....

Case No. 

,)

Plaintiff/Appellant, )

)

v. ) DIRECTIONS TO CLERK

)

,)

Defendant/Appellee. )

)

)

Plaintiff/Appellant, , directs the clerk to 

.....(include/exclude)..... the following items .....(in/from)..... the record 

described in rule 9.200(a)(1):

ITEM DATE FILED

1.

[List of Desired Items]

2.

Note: This form is necessary only if a party does not wish to rely on the 

record that will be automatically prepared by the clerk of the lower tribunal

under rule 9.200(a)(1).
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(h) Designation to Approved Court Reporter, Civil Court 

Reporter, or Approved Transcriptionist. 

IN THE .....(NAME OF THE LOWER

TRIBUNAL WHOSE ORDER IS TO

BE REVIEWED).....

Case No. 

,)

Plaintiff/Appellant, ) DESIGNATION TO APPROVED 

) COURT REPORTER, CIVIL COURT 

v. ) REPORTER, OR APPROVED 

) TRANSCRIPTIONIST, AND 

,) REPORTER’S OR APPROVED 

Defendant/Appellee. ) TRANSCRIPTIONIST’S

) ACKNOWLEDGMENT

)

I. DESIGNATION

Plaintiff/Appellant, , files this Designation to Approved 

Court Reporter, Civil Court Reporter, or Approved Transcriptionist and directs 

.....(name of approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or approved 

transcriptionist)..... to transcribe the following portions of the trial proceedings 

to be used in this appeal [for cases where a party is exempt from service by 

electronic mail as set forth in the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial 

Administration, state the following, and provide paper copies of the 

transcript(s) in paper format]:

1. The entire trial proceedings recorded by the reporter on 

.....(date)....., before the Honorable .....(judge)....., except 

.

2. [Indicate all other portions of reported proceedings.]

3. The approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or approved 

transcriptionist is directed to file the original with the clerk of the lower 

tribunal and to serve one1 copy on each of the following:

1.

2.

3.
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I, counsel for appellant, certify that I have made satisfactory financial 

arrangements with the approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or 

approved transcriptionist for preparation of the transcript, and I have served a 

designation on the approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or approved 

transcriptionist.

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

Florida Bar No. ....................

II. APPROVED COURT REPORTER’S, CIVIL COURT REPORTER’S, OR 

APPROVED TRANSCRIPTIONIST’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT

1. The foregoing designation was served on .....(date)....., and received 

on .....(date)......

2. Satisfactory arrangements have ( ) have not ( ) been made for 

payment of the transcript cost. These financial arrangements were completed 

on .....(date)......

3. Number of trial or hearing days ____.

4. Estimated number of transcript pages ____.

5a. The transcript will be available within 30 days of service of the 

foregoing designation and will be filed on or before .....(date)......

OR

5b. For the following reason(s) the approved court reporter, civil court 

reporter, or approved transcriptionist requests an extension of time of ____ 

days for preparation of the transcript that will be filed on or before 

.....(date)......

6. Completion and filing of this acknowledgment by the approved 

court reporter, civil court reporter, or approved transcriptionist constitutes 

submission to the jurisdiction of the court for all purposes in connection with 

these appellate proceedings.
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7. The undersigned approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or 

approved transcriptionist certifies that the foregoing is true and correct and 

that a copy has been furnished by mail ( ) hand delivery ( ) e-mail ( ) on 

.....(date)....., to each of the parties or their counsel.

Approved Court Reporter, Civil 

Court Reporter, or Approved 

Transcriptionist

.....(address).....

Note: The foregoing approved court reporter’s, civil court reporter’s, or approved 

transcriptionist’s acknowledgment to be placed “at the foot of” or attached to a 

copy of the designation, shallmust be properly completed, signed by the 

approved court reporter, and filed with the clerk of the appellate court within 5 

days of service of the designation on the approved court reporter, civil court 

reporter, or approved transcriptionist. A copy shallmust be served on all parties 

or their counsel, who shallwill have 5 days to object to any requested extension 

of time. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.200(b)(1), (b)(2), & (b)(3), & (b)(4). 
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(i) Civil Supersedeas Bond.

.....(Title of Court).....

Case No. 

,)

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) CIVIL SUPERSEDEAS BOND

)

,)

Defendant. )

)

We, _________________________ as Principal, and ____________________ as 

Surety, are held and firmly bound unto ____________________ in the principal 

sum of $_____, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, personal 

representatives, successors, and assigns, jointly and severally.

The condition of this obligation is: the above-named Principal has 

entered an appeal to the .....(court)..... to review the .....(judgment or order)..... 

entered in the above case on .....(date)....., and filed in the records of said court 

in book _____ at page_____.

NOW THEREFORE, if the Principal shall satisfyies any money judgment 

contained in the judgment in full, including, if allowed by law, costs, interest, 

and attorneys’ fees, and damages for delay in the event said appeal is 

dismissed or said judgment is affirmed, then this obligation shallwill be null 

and void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Signed on .....(date)....., at .....(place).....

/s/ 

Principal

Signed on .....(date)....., at .....(place).....

/s/ 

Surety
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(j) Notice of Supplemental Authority.

.....(Title of Court).....

Case No. 

,)

Appellant/Petitioner, )

)

v. ) NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL

) AUTHORITY

,)

Appellee/Respondent. )

)

[Appellant/Petitioner] [Appellee/Respondent], _________________, submits 

as supplemental authority the [decision/rule/statute/other authority] of 

______________________, a copy of which is attached to this notice. The 

supplemental authority is pertinent to the issue on appeal identified as 

______________ and [discussed on pages ____________ of the ____________ brief] 

[raised at oral argument].

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

Florida Bar No. ....................
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(k) Notice of Related Case.

.....(Title of Court).....

Case No. 

,)

Appellant/Petitioner, )

)

v. ) NOTICE OF RELATED

) CASE OR ISSUE

,)

Appellee/Respondent. )

)

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN of .....(case style and number)....., pending in 

.....(name of court)....., which is related to this matter because .....(identify the 

same facts from which both matters arise or the similar legal issue being 

addressed in both matters)......

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

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(l) Notice of Joinder.

.....(Title of Court).....

Case No. 

,)

Appellant/Petitioner, )

)

v. ) NOTICE OF JOINDER

)

,)

Appellee/Respondent. )

)

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN that , [appellee/respondent] elects to 

realign as a(n) [appellant/petitioner] in this action, in accordance with rule 

9.360(a). The proposed new caption is:

[insert proposed new caption here]

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

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(m) Notice of Constitutional Question.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 

APPEAL OF FLORIDA,

 DISTRICT

Case No. 

,)

Appellant/Petitioner, )

)

v. ) NOTICE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL

)

,)

Appellee/Respondent. )

)

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN of compliance with Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 

9.425, with respect to the constitutional challenge brought pursuant tounder

.....(Florida statute or Florida Constitutional provision)...... 

The undersigned complied by serving the Attorney General for the State 

of Florida with a copy of the pleading or motion challenging .....(Florida statute 

or Florida Constitutional provision)....., by .....(e-mail) (mail) (delivery)..... on 

.....(date)......

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

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(n) Notice of Termination of Limited Appearance.

.....(Title of Court).....

Case No. 

,)

Appellant/Petitioner, )

)

v. ) NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF

) LIMITED APPEARANCE

,)

Appellee/Respondent. )

)

)

NOTICE IS GIVEN that .....(attorney’s name)..... has completed the 

particular matter or portion of the proceeding in which the attorney appeared 

and now wishes to terminate his/herthe limited appearance. The client’s 

address is: ......(client’s address)...... The counsel’s contact information is: 

.....(name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number)......

I certify that I will serve this motion on the client, counsel, and all 

adverse parties.

Attorney for .....(name of party).....

.....(address, e-mail address, and 

phone number).....

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