Title: In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 and New Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.202
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC2024-0662
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: May 23, 2024

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
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No. SC2024-0662 
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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL 
PROCEDURE 1.510 AND NEW FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL 
PROCEDURE 1.202. 
 
May 23, 2024 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
The Court, on its own motion, amends Florida Rule of Civil 
Procedure 1.510 (Summary Judgment) and adopts new Florida Rule 
of Civil Procedure 1.202 (Conferral Prior to Filing Motions).1  The 
changes complement the civil case management amendments that 
the Court adopts in In re Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil 
Procedure, No. SC2023-0962 (May 23, 2024). 
We amend rule 1.510 to tie the deadline to respond to a 
motion for summary judgment to the date of service of the motion 
rather than to the hearing date.  The response will be due no later 
 
1.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see 
also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(d). 
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than 60 days after service of the motion for summary judgment.  
This change to the summary judgment procedure will help ensure 
adherence to the deadlines set forth in the case management orders 
required under Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.200 (Case 
Management; Pretrial Procedure) and 1.201 (Complex Litigation), as 
amended in SC2023-0962. 
To further assist case management efforts, we adopt new rule 
1.202 to require parties to confer before filing non-dispositive 
motions.  Under the new rule, the movant must file with the motion 
a statement certifying that the movant has conferred with the 
opposing party and stating whether the opposing party agrees on 
the resolution of the motion.  A certification that the opposing party 
was unavailable for a conference before filing the motion should 
describe all efforts undertaken to accomplish dialogue with the 
opposing party prior to filing the motion.  With a detailed certificate 
of conferral, the trial judge will be better positioned to address 
problems between the parties at a hearing.  And given constraints 
on hearing time, parties are expected to confer and attempt to 
resolve the issues raised in a motion before reserving hearing time. 
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The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure are amended as set forth 
in the appendix to this opinion.  New language is underscored; 
deletions are in struck-through type.  The amendments shall 
become effective January 1, 2025, at 12:01 a.m.  Because the 
amendments were not published prior to adoption, interested 
persons have 75 days from the date of this opinion in which to file 
comments with the Court.2 
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 Civil Procedure 
 
 
 
2.  All comments must be filed with the Court on or before 
August 6, 2024, 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.  If filed by an 
attorney in good standing with The Florida Bar, the comment must 
be electronically filed via the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (Portal).  
If filed by a nonlawyer or a lawyer not licensed to practice in 
Florida, the comment may be, but is not required to be, filed via the 
Portal.  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. 
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APPENDIX 
 
RULE 1.202. 
CONFERRAL PRIOR TO FILING MOTIONS 
 
(a) 
Duty. Before filing a motion, except for a motion for 
injunctive relief, for judgment on the pleadings, for summary 
judgment, to dismiss or to permit maintenance of a class action, to 
dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, 
or to involuntarily dismiss an action, the movant must confer with 
the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve the issues raised 
in the motion. 
 
(b) 
Certificate of Conferral. When conferral is required, the 
movant must file with the motion a certificate of conferral that must 
be substantially in the following form:  
 
“I certify that prior to filing this motion, I discussed the relief 
requested in this motion by [method of communication and date] 
with the opposing party and [the opposing party (agrees or 
disagrees) on the resolution of all or part of the motion] OR [the 
opposing party did not respond (describing with particularity all of 
the efforts undertaken to accomplish dialogue with the opposing 
party prior to filing the motion)].”  
 
 
RULE 1.510. 
SUMMARY JUDGMENT 
 
(a) 
[No Change] 
 
(b) 
Time to File a Motion. A party may move for summary 
judgment at any time after the expiration of 20 days from the 
commencement of the action or after service of a motion for 
summary judgment by the adverse party. The movant must serve 
the motion for summary judgment at least 40 days before the time 
fixed for the hearingconsistent with the deadlines specified in the 
case management order. 
 
(c) 
Procedures. 
 
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(1)-(4) 
[No Change]  
 
(5) Timing for Supporting Factual Positions. At the time of 
filing a motion for summary judgment, the movant must also serve 
the movant’s supporting factual position as provided in subdivision 
(1) above. At least 20 days before the time fixed for the hearingNo 
later than 60 days after service of the motion for summary 
judgment, the nonmovant must serve a response that includes the 
nonmovant’s supporting factual position as provided in subdivision 
(1) above. 
 
(d)-(h) 
[No Change]