Title: In Re: Amendment to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.200
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC22-574
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: September 15, 2022

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
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No. SC22-574 
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IN RE: AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA FAMILY LAW RULE OF 
PROCEDURE 12.200. 
 
September 15, 2022 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
 
This matter is before the Court for consideration of proposed 
amendments to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.200 (Case 
Management and Pretrial Conferences).  We have jurisdiction.  See 
art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. 
The Florida Bar’s Family Law Rules Committee (Committee) 
filed a report proposing amendments to rule 12.200.  The 
Committee unanimously approved the proposed amendments, and 
the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar recommended 
acceptance by a vote of 36-2-0.  The Committee published its 
proposal for comment prior to filing it with the Court and received 
no comments.  After the Committee filed its report, the Court did 
not publish the proposal for comment. 
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Having considered the proposed amendment, the Court hereby 
amends rule 12.200 as proposed by the Committee.  In subdivision 
(c) (Notice), the following sentence is deleted:  “Orders setting 
pretrial conferences must be uniform throughout the territorial 
jurisdiction of the court.” 
Accordingly, Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.200 is 
amended as set forth in the appendix to this opinion.  Deletions are 
indicated by struck-through type.  The amendments shall become 
effective immediately upon release. 
It is so ordered. 
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, POLSTON, LABARGA, COURIEL, and 
GROSSHANS, JJ., concur. 
FRANCIS, J., did not participate. 
 
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER 
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT. 
 
Original Proceeding – Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure 
 
Michael V. Andriano, Chair, Family Law Rules Committee, Orlando, 
Florida, Ashley Elizabeth Taylor, Past Chair, Family Law Rules 
Committee, Tampa, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, 
and Mikalla Andies Davis, Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, 
Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
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APPENDIX 
RULE 12.200. CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL 
CONFERENCES 
(a) 
 - (b) 
[No Change] 
(c) 
Notice. Reasonable notice must be given for a case 
management conference, and 20 days’ notice must be given for a 
pretrial conference. On failure of a party to attend a conference, the 
court may dismiss the action, strike the pleadings, limit proof or 
witnesses, or take any other appropriate action. Any documents 
that the court requires for any conference must be specified in the 
order. Orders setting pretrial conferences must be uniform 
throughout the territorial jurisdiction of the court. 
(d) 
[No Change] 
Commentary 
[No Change] 
Committee Note 
[No Change]