Title: In Re: Amendments To Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC13-224
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: April 11, 2013

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC13-224 
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IN RE:  AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 
1.442. 
 
[April 11, 2013] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
Before the Court is an out-of-cycle amendment to Florida Rule of Civil 
Procedure 1.442 proposed by The Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee 
(Committee), pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.140(e).1
AMENDMENT 
  We 
have jurisdiction, see art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const., and amend rule 1.442 as proposed. 
Rule 1.442(f)(1) (Proposals for Settlement; Acceptance and Rejection) 
currently provides that the provisions of recently deleted Florida Rule of Civil 
Procedure 1.090(e) (Additional Time after Service by Mail),2
                                         
 
1.  The Florida Bar Board of Governors approved the proposal by a vote of 
thirty-four to zero. 
 which allowed an 
 
2.  See In re Amends. to  Fla. Rules of Jud. Admin., Fla. Rules of Civil Pro., 
Fla. Rules of Crim. Pro., Fla. Rules of Civil Pro. for Involuntary Commitment of 
 
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additional five days for an action to be done after service by mail, does not apply to 
proposals for settlement.  In order to resolve the potential conflict that the 
Committee believes the reference to rule 1.090(e) may create, we amend rule 
1.442(f)(1) to replace the reference to the deleted rule with a reference to new 
Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.514(b) (Computing and Extending Time; 
Additional Time after Service by Mail or E-mail).  The amendment clarifies that a 
notice of acceptance of a proposal for settlement must be served within thirty days 
of service of the proposal, and new rule 2.514(b), which allows an additional five 
days to act after service by mail or e-mail, does not apply. 
Accordingly, we amend Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 as reflected in 
the appendix to this opinion.  New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions 
are indicated by struck-through type.  The amendment shall become effective 
immediately upon the release of this opinion.  Because the amendment was not 
published for comment prior to its adoption, interested persons shall have sixty 
days from the date of this opinion in which to file comments with the Court.3
                                                                                                                                   
Sexually Violent Predators, Fla. Probate Rules, Fla. Rules of Traffic Court, Fla. 
Rules of Juv. Pro., Fla. Rules of App. Pro., & Fla. Family Law Rules of Pro.—
Computation of Time, 95 So. 3d 96 (Fla. 2012) (adopting new uniform 
computation of time rule and conforming amendments to the various rules of 
procedure, including the deletion of rule 1.090(e)). 
 
3.  All comments must be filed with the Court on or before June 10, 2013, 
with a certificate of service verifying that a copy has been served on the 
Committee Chair, the Honorable Richard Allen Nielsen, 800 East Twiggs Street, 
 
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It is so ordered. 
POLSTON, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, LABARGA, 
and PERRY, JJ., concur.  
 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.  
 
 
Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Civil Procedure  
 
 
Honorable Richard Allen Nielsen, Chair, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 
Tampa, Florida; John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and Ellen H. Sloyer, 
Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida,  
 
for Petitioner 
 
                                                                                                                                   
Suite 527, Tampa, Florida 33602-3556, nielsera@fljud13.org, and on the Bar Staff 
Liaison to the Committee, Ellen Sloyer, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, 
Florida 32399-2300, esloyer@flabar.org, as well as a separate request for oral 
argument if the person filing the comment wishes to participate in oral argument, 
which may be scheduled in this case.  The Committee Chair has until July 1, 2013, 
to file a response to any comments filed with the Court.  If filed by an attorney in 
good standing with The Florida Bar, the comment must be electronically filed via 
the Portal in accordance with In re: Electronic Filing in the Supreme Court of 
Florida via the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal, Fla. Admin. Order No. AOSC13-7 
(Feb 18, 2013).  If filed by a nonlawyer or a lawyer not licensed to practice in 
Florida, the comment must be electronically filed via e-mail in accordance with In 
re Mandatory Submission of Electronic Copies of Documents, Fla. Admin. Order 
No. AOSC04-84 (Sept. 13, 2004).  Electronically filed documents must be 
submitted in Microsoft Word 97 or higher.  Any person unable to submit a 
comment electronically must mail or hand-deliver the originally signed comment 
to the Florida Supreme Court, Office of the Clerk, 500 South Duval Street, 
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1927; no additional copies are required or will be 
accepted. 
 
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APPENDIX 
RULE 1.442.  
PROPOSALS FOR SETTLEMENT 
(a) - (e) 
[No Change] 
(f)  
Acceptance and Rejection. 
(1) 
A proposal shall be deemed rejected unless accepted by 
delivery of a written notice of acceptance within 30 days after service of the 
proposal.  The provisions of rule 1.090(e)Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 
2.514(b) do not apply to this subdivision.  No oral communications shall constitute 
an acceptance, rejection, or counteroffer under the provisions of this rule. 
(2) 
[No Change] 
(g)– (j) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes  
1996 Amendment - 2012 Amendment.  [No Change] 
2013 Amendment.  Subdivision (f)(1) was amended to reflect the relocation 
of the rule regarding additional time after service by mail or e-mail from rule 
1.090(e) to Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.514(b).