Title: Amendment To Florida Probate Rules
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC01-1859
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: January 10, 2002

Supreme 
Court 
of 
Florida
 
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No. SC01-1859
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AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA PROBATE RULES
[January 10, 2002]
PER CURIAM.
In our opinion dated October 11, 2001, Amendments to Florida Probate
Rules, 26 Fla. L. Weekly S663 (Fla. 2001), we adopted amendments to Florida
Probate Rules 5.025, 5.340, 5.360, and 5.365 proposed by the Florida Probate
Rules Committee in its emergency petition.  We gave interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the amendments and we have received one comment
from Henry P. Trawick, Jr., Esq., for which we are appreciative.
We have considered Mr. Trawick’s comments.  In regard to his comment
that the amendments to rules 5.340(f) and 5.360(a) are substantive rather than
procedural matters, this Court has a history of adopting statutory enactments in its
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rules (e.g., Code and Rule of Evidence 90.91, In re Florida Evidence Code, 638
So. 2d 920 (Fla. 1993); Florida Probate Rule 5.050, In re Florida Rules of Probate
and Guardianship Procedure, 324 So. 2d 38 (Fla. 1975); and Florida Rule of
Criminal Procedure 3.160 (formerly 1.360), In re Florida Rules of Criminal
Procedure, 196 So. 2d 124 (Fla. 1967)), and we adopt these amendments in that
manner.  The legislature certainly will amend the statute if it considers an
amendment appropriate, and the Court will respond accordingly.
The amendments to Florida Probate Rules 5.025, 5.340, 5.360, and 5.365 are
adopted as published in our opinion dated October 11, 2001.  
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS, and
QUINCE, JJ., concur.
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.
Original Proceeding - Florida Probate Rules
Henry P. Trawick, Jr., Sarasota, Florida, 
Responding