Title: In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC14-227
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: November 6, 2014

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC14-227 
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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF APPELLATE 
PROCEDURE. 
 
[November 6, 2014] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
The Appellate Court Rules Committee (Committee) has filed its regular-
cycle report proposing amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure.  
The regular-cycle report is submitted pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial 
Administration 2.140(b).  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. 
BACKGROUND 
 
Consistent with rule 2.140(b), the Committee published its initial proposals, 
received comments, and revised and republished some of the proposals before 
submitting them to the Court.  As required by the rule, the proposed amendments 
were also submitted to the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar, which 
recommends adoption of the amendments.  Following the filing of the 
Committee’s report with this Court, the proposals were again published for 
 
 
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comment, and several comments were received.  The Committee has responded to 
the comments.  The Court held oral argument on the proposed amendments. 
 
The Committee proposes amendments to the following rules: 9.020 
(Definitions); 9.100 (Original Proceedings); 9.110 (Appeal Proceedings to Review 
Final Orders of Lower Tribunals and Orders Granting New Trial in Jury and Non-
Jury Cases); 9.130 (Proceedings to Review Non-Final Orders and Specified Final 
Orders); 9.140 (Appeal Proceedings in Criminal Cases); 9.141 (Review 
Proceedings in Collateral or Post-Conviction Criminal Cases); 9.142 (Procedures 
for Review in Death Penalty Cases); 9.145 (Appeal Proceedings in Juvenile 
Delinquency Cases); 9.146 (Appeal Proceedings in Juvenile Dependency and 
Termination of Parental Rights Cases and Cases Involving Families and Children 
in Need of Services); 9.160 (Discretionary Proceedings to Review Decisions of 
County Courts); 9.180 (Appeal Proceedings to Review Workers’ Compensation 
Cases); 9.190 (Judicial Review of Administrative Action); 9.200 (The Record); 
9.210 (Briefs); 9.300 (Motions); 9.310 (Stay Pending Review); 9.320 (Oral 
Argument); 9.330 (Rehearing; Clarification; Certification); 9.331 (Determination 
of Causes in a District Court of Appeal En Banc); 9.340 (Mandate); 9.350 
(Dismissal of Causes); 9.400 (Costs and Attorneys’ Fees); 9.410 (Sanctions); 9.420 
(Filing; Service of Copies; Computation of Time); 9.430 (Proceedings by 
Indigents); 9.600 (Jurisdiction of Lower Tribunal Pending Review); 9.720 
 
 
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(Mediation Procedures); 9.800 (Uniform Citation System); and 9.900 (Forms).  
The Committee also proposes the adoption of a new rule, rule 9.147 (Appeal 
Proceedings to Review Final Orders Dismissing Petitions for Judicial Waiver of 
Parental Notice of Termination of Pregnancy), the substance of which is not new 
but is being moved from rule 9.110(n) and adopted as a separate rule. 
 
With respect to several of the rules, the Committee has submitted optional 
proposals as explained below.  Having considered the Committee’s report, the 
comments, and the Committee’s responses to the comments, and having heard oral 
argument, we adopt the majority of the Committee’s proposals and choose between 
its optional proposals as to one of the rules.  With respect to one proposal, we 
decline to adopt the Committee’s language but adopt a revised amendment instead. 
And finally, we decline to adopt one of the Committee’s amendment proposals as 
explained below. 
AMENDMENTS 
 
Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.020(i), Rendition, and 9.110(l), 
Premature Appeals, are amended to clarify the relationship between the two rules.  
Rule 9.020(i) is amended to eliminate the language providing that postjudgment 
motions are abandoned upon the filing of a notice of appeal.  The amended rule 
will allow an appeal to be held in abeyance until disposition of a postjudgment 
motion.  Under rule 9.110(l), premature appeals are subject to dismissal.  The 
 
 
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amendment adds language recognizing the exception provided in rule 9.020(i) and 
recognizing that the lower tribunal retains jurisdiction to render a final order.  The 
amendment further provides that the court may allow the parties time to obtain a 
final order. 
 
New rule 9.147 is not actually new.  It is merely a readoption of existing rule 
9.110, subdivision (n), as a separate rule.  Subdivision (n) is accordingly deleted 
from rule 9.110. 
 
Rule 9.100, Original Proceedings, governs the procedure applicable to 
original petitions.  As it exists currently, subdivision (h) provides as follows: 
 
(h) Order to Show Cause.  If the petition demonstrates a 
preliminary basis for relief, a departure from the essential 
requirements of law that will cause material injury for which there is 
no adequate remedy by appeal, or that review of final administrative 
action would not provide an adequate remedy, the court may issue an 
order directing the respondent to show cause within the time set by the 
court, why relief should not be granted.  In prohibition proceedings 
such orders shall stay further proceedings in the lower tribunal. 
 
The Committee proposes two optional amendments to this rule.  The Committee’s 
report states that its proposed changes are in response to a concern that “courts are 
avoiding the automatic stay [in prohibition cases] by requiring a response instead 
of issuing an order to show cause.”  Proposed option 1 would provide that the only 
way for a court to request a response to a writ petition is by issuing an order to 
show cause.  The proposal would add the following sentence to subdivision (h): 
“The court shall request a response to a petition only through the issuance of an 
 
 
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order to show cause.”  Thus the court’s discretion to request a response in a 
prohibition case without staying the proceedings in the lower tribunal would be 
eliminated.  Proposed option 2 would recognize the court’s discretion to choose 
either path, i.e., either issue an order to show cause and stay the proceedings below 
(in prohibition cases) or request a response, which would not stay the proceedings.  
Option 2 would make explicit that which up to now has been the unwritten but well 
understood effect of the language of subdivision (h). 
 
In order to continue to allow courts the discretion to request a response to a 
petition for writ of prohibition without bringing the proceedings in the lower 
tribunal to a halt, we adopt option 2 as reflected in the appendix. 
 
Rule 9.110(k) governs review of partial final judgments and in pertinent part 
provides that “partial final judgments are reviewable either on appeal from the 
partial final judgment or on appeal from the final judgment in the entire case.”  The 
Committee proposes adding the following language to subdivision (k): “A partial 
final judgment, other than one that disposes of an entire case as to any party, is one 
that disposes of a claim that is completely unrelated to the claims that remain 
pending.”  We decline to adopt this proposed language and instead look to the case 
of Mendez v. West Flagler Family Ass’n, 303 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1974), as a guide to 
better distinguish those partial final judgments that are immediately appealable 
from those that are not.  Under Mendez, a partial final judgment is appealable if it 
 
 
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disposes of a “separate and distinct cause of action . . . which is not interdependent 
with other pleaded claims.”  Id. at 5.  We revise the proposed amendment and 
adopt it as shown in the appendix. 
 
Rule 9.310, Stay Pending Review, provides in subdivision (a) that, except as 
specified, “a party seeking to stay a final or non-final order pending review shall 
file a motion in the lower tribunal, which shall have continuing jurisdiction, in its 
discretion, to grant, modify, or deny such relief.”  The subdivision, as currently 
written, further provides: “A stay pending review may be conditioned on the 
posting of a good and sufficient bond, other conditions, or both.”  Subdivision (b) 
of the rule provides in pertinent part: 
If the order is a judgment solely for the payment of money, a party 
may obtain a stay of execution pending review, without the necessity 
of a motion or order, by posting a good and sufficient bond equal to 
the principal amount of the judgment plus twice the statutory rate of 
interest on judgments on the total amount on which the party has an 
obligation to pay interest. 
 
The Committee proposes two alternative amendments to subdivision (b).  Proposed 
option 1 would provide that a party can only obtain a stay of a judgment that is 
“solely for the payment of money” by posting a “good and sufficient bond” in the 
amount of the principal plus twice the statutory rate of interest.  Proposed option 2 
would provide that if a party does not obtain an automatic stay of a money 
judgment, the court may, upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances, grant a 
stay which must be conditioned on posting bond, other conditions, or both.  We 
 
 
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decline to adopt either of the Committee’s alternative proposed amendments and 
choose instead to leave rule 9.310 as it is. 
 
We amend rule 9.420, Filing; Service of Copies; Computation of Time, as 
proposed.  As currently written, rule 9.420(a)(2), Inmate Filing, provides that a 
document filed by “a pro se inmate confined in an institution” is presumed to have 
been filed on the date the inmate certifies that he or she placed the document in the 
hands of an institution official for mailing.  As amended the rule provides that 
when the institution has a system designed for legal mail that records the date a 
document is placed in the hands of an institution official for mailing and the inmate 
uses that system, then the date of filing will be presumed to be the date recorded by 
the institution’s legal mail system.  If the institution does not have a legal mail 
system that complies with the rule’s requirements, then the current presumption 
based on the inmate’s certificate of service is still applicable. 
The rest of the amendments are, for the most part, either technical 
corrections, clarifications, or reorganizations, or are necessary to conform language 
to current terminology or amended provisions in other rules, and need not be 
discussed further.  Except for the matters discussed above, the Court adopts the 
amendments as proposed.  We hereby amend the Florida Rules of Appellate 
Procedure as shown in the appendix.  New language is indicated by underlining; 
deleted language is shown using struck-through type.  The Committee Notes are 
 
 
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not adopted as parts of these rules but reflect the views of the Committee only.  
The amended rules shall take effect at 12:02 a.m. on January 1, 2015. 
 
It is so ordered. 
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, 
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 Appellate Procedure Committee  
 
Wendy S. Loquasto, Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Fox & Loquasto 
P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, Eduardo I. Sanchez, Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules 
Committee, Miami, Florida, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, and Heather 
Savage Telfer, Bar Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
for Petitioner 
 
Beverly A. Pohl of Broad and Cassel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Andrew 
McBride Stanton, Assistant Public Defender, Miami, Florida, and Joshua Ryan 
Heller, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
Responding with comments 
 
 
 
 
 
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APPENDIX 
RULE 9.020. 
DEFINITIONS 
The following terms have the meanings shown as used in these rules: 
(a) – (h) 
[No Change] 
(i)  
Rendition (of an Order). An order is rendered when a signed, written 
order is filed with the clerk of the lower tribunal. However, unless another 
applicable rule of procedure specifically provides to the contrary, if a final order 
has been entered and there has been filed in the lower tribunal an authorized and 
timely motion for new trial, for rehearing, for certification, to alter or amend, for 
judgment in accordance with prior motion for directed verdict, for arrest of 
judgment, to challenge the verdict, to correct a sentence or order of probation 
pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(1), to withdraw a plea 
after sentencing pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.170(l), or to 
vacate an order based upon the recommendations of a hearing officer in accordance 
with Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.491, the following exceptions 
apply: 
(1) 
If such a motion or motions have been filed, the final order 
shall not be deemed rendered with respect to any claim between the movant and 
any party against whom relief is sought by the motion or motions as to any existing 
party until the filing of a signed, written order disposing of all the last of such 
motions between such parties. 
(2) 
[No Change] 
(3) 
If such a motion or motions have been filed and a notice of 
appeal is filed before the filing of a signed, written order disposing of all such 
motions, all motions filed by the appealing party that are pending at the time shall 
be deemed abandoned, and the final order shall be deemed rendered by the filing of 
the notice of appeal as to all claims between parties who then have no such 
motions pending between them. However, a pending motion to correct a sentence 
or order of probation or a motion to withdraw the plea after sentencing shall not be 
affected by the filing of a notice of appeal from a judgment of guilt. In such 
instance, the notice of appeal shall be treated as prematurely filed and the appeal 
shall be held in abeyance until the filing of a signed, written order disposing of the 
last such motion. 
 
 
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(j) 
Rendition of an Appellate Order. If any timely and authorized 
motion under rule 9.330 or 9.331 is filed, the order shall not be deemed rendered as 
to any party until all of the motions are either abandonedwithdrawn or resolved by 
the filing of a written order. 
(k) 
Signed. A signed document is one containing a signature as provided 
by Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.515(c). 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
Court Commentary 
[No Change] 
 
 
RULE 9.100. 
ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS 
(a) 
[No Change] 
(b) 
Commencement; Parties. The original jurisdiction of the court shall 
be invoked by filing a petition, accompanied by any filing fees prescribed by law, 
with the clerk of the court deemed to havehaving jurisdiction. The parties to the 
proceeding shall be as follows: 
(1) 
If the original jurisdiction of the court is invoked to enforce a 
private right, the proceeding shall not be brought on the relation of the state. If the 
petition seeks review of an order entered by a lower tribunal, all parties to the 
proceeding in the lower tribunal who are not named as petitioners shall be named 
as respondents. 
(2) 
If the original jurisdiction of the court is invoked to enforce a 
private right, the proceedings shall not be brought on the relation of the state. 
(3) 
The following officials shall not be named as respondents to a 
petition, but a copy of the petition shall be served on the official who issued the 
order that is the subject of the petition: 
 
 
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(A) 
Judges of lower tribunals shall not be named as 
respondents to petitions for certiorari; 
(B) 
Individual members of agencies, boards, and 
commissions of local governments shall not be named as respondents to petitions 
for review of quasi-judicial action; and 
(C) 
Officers presiding over administrative proceedings, such 
as hearing officers and administrative law judges, shall not be named as 
respondents to petitions for review of non-final agency action. 
(c) 
Exceptions; Petitions for Certiorari; Review of Non-Final Agency 
Action; Review of Prisoner Disciplinary Action. The following shall be filed 
within 30 days of rendition of the order to be reviewed: 
(1) – (4) 
[No Change] 
Lower court judges shall not be named as respondents to petitions for 
certiorari; individual members of the agencies, boards, and commissions of local 
government shall not be named as respondents to petitions for review of final 
quasi-judicial action; and hearing officers shall not be named as respondents to 
petitions for review of non-final agency action. A copy of the petition shall be 
furnished to the person (or chairperson of a collegial administrative agency) 
issuing the order. 
(d) 
Exception; Orders Excluding or Granting Access to Press or 
Public. 
(1) – (3) 
[No Change] 
(e) 
Exception; Petitions for Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition 
Directed to a Judge or Lower Tribunal. When a petition for a writ of mandamus 
or prohibition seeks a writ directed to a judge or lower tribunal, the following 
procedures apply: 
(1) – (2) 
[No Change] 
(3) 
Response. Following the issuance of an order pursuant to 
subdivision (h), Tthe responsibility tofor responding to an order to show cause 
petition is that of the litigant opposing the relief requested in the petition. Unless 
otherwise specifically ordered, the judge or lower tribunal has no obligation to file 
 
 
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a response. The judge or lower tribunal retains the discretion to file a separate 
response should the judge or lower tribunal choose to do so. The absence of a 
separate response by the judge or lower tribunal shall not be deemed to admit the 
allegations of the petition. 
(f) – (g) 
[No Change] 
(h) 
Order to Show Cause. If the petition demonstrates a preliminary 
basis for relief, a departure from the essential requirements of law that will cause 
material injury for which there is no adequate remedy by appeal, or that review of 
final administrative action would not provide an adequate remedy, the court may 
issue an order either directing the respondent to show cause, within the time set by 
the court, why relief should not be granted or directing the respondent to otherwise 
file, within the time set by the court, a response to the petition. In prohibition 
proceedings, the issuance of ansuch orders directing the respondent to show cause 
shall stay further proceedings in the lower tribunal. 
(i) – (l) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
Court Commentary 
[No Change] 
 
 
RULE 9.110. 
APPEAL PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW FINAL 
ORDERS OF LOWER TRIBUNALS AND ORDERS 
GRANTING NEW TRIAL IN JURY AND NON–
JURY CASES 
(a) 
[No Change] 
(b) 
Commencement. Jurisdiction of the court under this rule shall be 
invoked by filing a notice, accompanied by any filing fees prescribed by law, with 
 
 
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the clerk of the lower tribunal within 30 days of rendition of the order to be 
reviewed, except as provided in rule 9.140(c)(3). 
(c) – (j) 
[No Change] 
(k) 
Review of Partial Final Judgments. Except as otherwise provided 
herein, partial final judgments are reviewable either on appeal from the partial final 
judgment or on appeal from the final judgment in the entire case. A partial final 
judgment, other than one that disposes of an entire case as to any party, is one that 
disposes of a separate and distinct cause of action that is not interdependent with 
other pleaded claims. If a partial final judgment totally disposes of an entire case as 
to any party, it must be appealed within 30 days of rendition. 
(l) 
Premature Appeals. Except as provided in rule 9.020(i), Iif a notice 
of appeal is filed before rendition of a final order, the appeal shall be subject to 
dismissal as premature. However, the lower tribunal retains jurisdiction to render a 
final order, and if a final order is rendered before dismissal of the premature 
appeal, the premature notice of appeal shall be considered effective to vest 
jurisdiction in the court to review the final order. Before dismissal, the court in its 
discretion may permit the lower tribunal to render grant the parties additional time 
to obtain a final order from the lower tribunal. 
(m) 
[No Change] 
 (n) 
Exception; Appeal of Final Order Dismissing Petition for Judicial 
Waiver of Parental Notice of Termination of Pregnancy. If an unmarried minor 
or another person on her behalf appeals an order dismissing a petition for judicial 
waiver of parental notice of termination of 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. The district court of 
appeal shall render its decision on the appeal as expeditiously as possible and no 
later than 7 days from the transmittal of the record. Briefs or oral argument may be 
ordered at the discretion of the district court of appeal. The minor may move for 
leave to file a brief and may request oral argument. If no decision is rendered 
within the foregoing time period, the order shall be deemed reversed, the petition 
shall be deemed granted, and the clerk shall place a certificate to this effect in the 
file and provide the minor with a certified copy of the certificate. The appeal and 
all proceedings thereon shall be confidential so that the minor shall remain 
anonymous. The file shall remain sealed unless otherwise ordered by the court. 
Should the dismissal of the petition be reversed on appeal, the clerk shall furnish 
 
 
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the petitioner with a certified copy of the decision or the clerk’s certificate for 
delivery to the minor’s physician. No filing fee shall be required for any part of an 
appeal of the dismissal of a petition for a waiver of parental notice of termination 
of pregnancy. 
Committee Notes 
1977 – 2006 Amendments 
[No Change] 
2010 Note  
 
 
[No Change]  
2014 Amendments. The amendment to subdivision (l) is intended to clarify 
that it is neither necessary nor appropriate to request a relinquishment of 
jurisdiction from the court to enable the lower tribunal to render a final order. 
Subdivision (n) has been moved to Rule 9.147. 
Court Commentary 
[No Change] 
 
 
RULE 9.130.  
PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW NON–FINAL 
ORDERS AND SPECIFIED FINAL ORDERS 
(a) 
Applicability. 
(1) – (2) 
[No Change] 
(3) 
Appeals to the district courts of appeal of non-final orders are 
limited to those that 
(A) – (B) 
[No Change] 
(C) 
determine 
(i) – (ii) 
[No Change] 
(iii) 
the right to immediate monetary relief or child 
custody in family law matters;: 
 
 
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a. 
the right to immediate monetary relief; 
b. 
the rights or obligations of a party regarding 
child custody or time-sharing under a parenting plan; or 
c. 
that a marital agreement is invalid in its 
entirety; 
(iv) – (v) 
[No Change] 
(vi) 
that a class should be certifiedwhether to certify a 
class; 
(vii) – (ix) [No Change] 
(D) 
[No Change] 
(4) 
Non–final oOrders entered after final order ondisposing of 
motions that suspend rendition are not reviewable separately from a review of the 
final order; provided that orders granting motions for new trial in jury and non-jury 
cases are reviewable by the method prescribed in rule 9.110. Other non-final orders 
entered after final order on authorized motions are reviewable by the method 
prescribed by this rule. 
(5) 
[No Change] 
 (6) 
Orders that deny motions to certify a class may be reviewed by 
the method prescribed by this rule. 
(b) 
Commencement. The jJurisdiction of the court underto seek review 
of orders described in subdivisions (a)(3)–(a)(65) of this rule shall be invoked by 
filing a notice, accompanied by any filing fees prescribed by law, with the clerk of 
the lower tribunal within 30 days of rendition of the order to be reviewed. 
(c) – (e) 
[No Change] 
(f) 
Stay of Proceedings. In the absence of a stay, during the pendency of 
a review of a non-final order, the lower tribunal may proceed with all matters, 
including trial or final hearing;, providedexcept that the lower tribunal may not 
render a final order disposing of the cause pending such review absent leave of the 
court. 
 
 
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(g) 
Cross-Appeal. An appellee may cross-appeal the order or orders 
designated by the appellant, to review any ruling described in subdivisions (a)(3)–
(a)(5), by serving a notice within 10 days of service of the appellant’s timely filed 
notice of appeal or within the time prescribed for filing a notice of appeal, 
whichever is later. A notice of cross-appeal, accompanied by any filing fees 
prescribed by law, shall be filed either before service or immediately thereafter in 
the same manner as the notice of appeal. 
(gh)Review on Full Appeal. This rule shall not preclude initial review of a 
non-final order on appeal from the final order in the cause. 
(hi) 
Scope of Review. Multiple non-final orders that are listed in rule 
9.130(a)(3) may be reviewed by a single notice if the notice is timely filed as to 
each such order. 
Committee Notes 
1977 – 2008 Amendments 
[No Change] 
2014 Amendment. Subdivision (a)(4) has been amended to clarify that an 
order disposing of a motion that suspends rendition is reviewable, but only in 
conjunction with, and as a part of, the review of the final order. Additionally, the 
following sentence has been deleted from subdivision (a)(4): “Other non-final 
orders entered after final order on authorized motions are reviewable by the 
method prescribed by this rule.” Its deletion clarifies that non-final orders entered 
after a final order are no more or less reviewable than the same type of order would 
be if issued before a final order. Non-final orders entered after a final order remain 
reviewable as part of a subsequent final order or as otherwise provided by statute 
or court rule. This amendment resolves conflict over the language being stricken 
and the different approaches to review during post-decretal proceedings that have 
resulted. See, e.g., Tubero v. Ellis, 469 So. 2d 206 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985) (Hurley, J., 
dissenting). This amendment also cures the mistaken reference in the original 1977 
committee note to “orders granting motions to vacate default” as examples of non-
final orders intended for review under the stricken sentence. An order vacating a 
default is generally not reviewable absent a final default judgment. See, e.g., 
Howard v. McAuley, 436 So. 2d 392 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). Orders vacating final 
default judgments remain reviewable under rule 9.130(a)(5). Essentially, this 
amendment will delay some courts’ review of some non-final orders entered after a 
final order until rendition of another, subsequent final order. But the amendment is 
not intended to alter the Court’s ultimate authority to review any order. 
 
 
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RULE 9.140.  
APPEAL PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES 
(a) – (c) 
[No Change] 
(d) 
Withdrawal of Defense Counsel after Judgment and Sentence or 
after Appeal by State. 
(1) 
The attorney of record for a defendant in a criminal proceeding 
shall not be relieved of any professional duties, or be permitted to withdraw as 
defense counsel of record, except with approval of the lower tribunal on good 
cause shown on written motion, until either the time has expired for filing an 
authorized notice of appeal and no such notice has been filed by the defendant or 
the state, or after the following have been completed: 
(A) – (D) 
[No Change] 
(E) 
in publicly funded defense and state appeals, when the 
lower tribunal has entered an order appointing the office of the public defender for 
the local circuit, the district office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, or 
private counsel as provided by chapter 27, Florida Statutes, that office, or attorney 
shall remain counsel for the appeal until the record is electronically transmitted to 
the appellate court. In publicly funded state appeals, defense counsel shall 
additionally file with the appellate court a copy of the lower tribunal’s order 
appointing the local public defender, the office of criminal conflict and civil 
regional counsel, or private counsel. In non-publicly funded defense and state 
appeals, retained appellate counsel shall file a notice of appearance in the appellate 
court, or defense counsel of record shall file a motion to withdraw in the appellate 
court, with service on the defendant, that states what the defendant’s legal 
representation on appeal, if any, is expected to be. Documents filed in the appellate 
court shall be served on the attorney general (or state attorney in appeals to the 
circuit court). 
(2) 
[No Change] 
(e) 
[No Change] 
(f) 
Record. 
(1) 
Service. The clerk of the lower tribunal shall prepare and serve 
the record prescribed by rule 9.200 within 50 days of the filing of the notice of 
appeal. However, the clerk shall not serve the record until all proceedings 
 
 
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designated for transcription have been transcribed by the court reporter(s) and filed 
with the clerk. If the designated transcripts have not been filed by the date required 
for service of the record, the clerk shall file with the appellate court, and serve on 
all parties and any court reporter whose transcript has not been filed, a notice of 
inability to complete the record, listing the transcripts not yet received. In cases 
where the transcripts are filed after a notice from the clerk, the clerk shall prepare 
and file the record within 20 days of receipt of the transcripts. An order granting an 
extension to the court reporter to transcribe designated proceedings shall toll the 
time for the clerk to serve this notice or the record on appeal. 
(2) – (5) 
[No Change] 
(6) 
Supplemental Record for Motion to Correct Sentencing 
Error Pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). 
(A) 
The clerk of circuit court shall automatically supplement 
the appellate record with any motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal 
Procedure 3.800(b)(2), any response, any resulting order, and any amended 
sentence. The clerk shall electronically transmit the supplement to the appellate 
court within 5 days of the filing of the order ruling on the motion. If an order is not 
filed within 60 days from the filing of the motion, this time shall run from the 
expiration of the 60 day period, and the clerk shall supplement the record with the 
motion and a statement that no order was timely filed. 
(B) 
If any appellate counsel determines that a transcript of a 
proceeding relating to such a motion is required to review the sentencing issue, 
appellate counsel shall, within 5 days from the transmittal of the supplement 
described in subdivision (A), designate those portions of the proceedings not on 
file deemed necessary for transcription and inclusion in the record. A copy of the 
designation shall be filed with the appellate court. The procedure for this 
supplementation shall be in accordance with this subdivision, except that counsel is 
not required to file a revised statement of judicial acts to be reviewed, the approved 
court reporter or approved transcriptionist shall deliver the transcript within 15 
days, and the clerk shall supplement the record with the transcript within 5 days of 
its receipt. 
(g) – (i) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
 
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Court Commentary 
[No Change] 
 
 
RULE 9.141. 
REVIEW PROCEEDINGS IN COLLATERAL OR 
POST–CONVICTION CRIMINAL CASES 
(a) 
[No Change] 
(b) 
Appeals from Post-Conviction Proceedings Under Florida Rule of 
Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), 3.801, 3.850, or 3.853. 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
Summary Grant or Denial of All Claims Raised in a Motion 
Without Evidentiary Hearing. 
(A) 
Record. When a motion for post-conviction relief under 
rule 3.800(a), 3.801, 3.850, or 3.853 is granted or denied without an evidentiary 
hearing, the clerk of the lower tribunal shall electronically transmit to the court, as 
the record, the motion, response, reply, order on the motion, motion for rehearing, 
response, reply, order on the motion for rehearing, and attachments to any of the 
foregoing, together with the certified copy of the notice of appeal. 
(B) 
Index. Unless directed otherwise by the court, the clerk 
of the lower tribunal shall not index or paginate the record or send copies of the 
index or record to the parties. 
(C) 
No briefs or oral argument shall be required, but any 
appellant’s brief shall be filed within 15 days of the filing of the notice of appeal. 
The court may request a response from the appellee before ruling.Briefs or 
Responses. 
(i) 
Briefs are not required, but the appellant may serve 
an initial brief within 30 days of filing the notice of appeal. The appellee need not 
file an answer brief unless directed by the court. The appellant may serve a reply 
brief as prescribed by rule 9.210. 
 
 
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(ii) 
The court may request a response from the 
appellee before ruling, regardless of whether the appellant filed an initial brief. The 
appellant may serve a reply within 20 days after service of the response. The 
response and reply shall not exceed the page limits set forth in rule 9.210 for 
answer briefs and reply briefs. 
(D) 
Disposition. On appeal from the denial of relief, unless 
the record shows conclusively that the appellant is entitled to no relief, the order 
shall be reversed and the cause remanded for an evidentiary hearing or other 
appropriate relief. 
(3) 
Grant or Denial of Motion after an Evidentiary Hearing 
was Held on One or More Claims. 
(A) – (C) 
[No Change] 
(c) 
Petitions Seeking Belated Appeal or Belated Discretionary 
Review. 
(1) 
Applicability. This subdivision governs petitions seeking 
belated appeals or belated discretionary review in an appellate court. 
(2) 
[No Change] 
(3) 
Forum. Petitions seeking belated review shall be filed in the 
appellate court to which the appeal or discretionary review should have been taken.  
(4) – (6) 
[No Change] 
(d) 
Petitions Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel. 
(1) – (2) 
[No Change] 
(3) 
Forum. Petitions alleging ineffective assistance of appellate 
counsel shall be filed in the appellate court to which the appeal was taken. 
(4) – (6) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
 
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RULE 9.142. 
PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW IN DEATH 
PENALTY CASES 
(a) – (b) 
[No Change] 
(c) 
Petitions Seeking Review of Nonfinal Orders in Death Penalty 
Postconviction Proceedings. 
 
(1) – (9) 
[No Change] 
 
(10) Other Pleadings. The parties shall not file any other pleadings, 
motions, replies, or miscellaneous papersdocuments without leave of court. 
 
(11) [No Change] 
(d) 
Review of Dismissal of Post-Conviction Proceedings and 
Discharge of Counsel in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851(i) Cases. 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
Procedure Following Rendition of Order of Dismissal and 
Discharge.  
(A) 
Notice to CourtLower Tribunal. Within 10 days of the 
rendition of an order granting a prisoner’s motion to discharge counsel and dismiss 
the motion for post-conviction relief, discharged counsel shall file with the clerk of 
the circuit court a notice seeking review in the supreme court. 
(B) – (D) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
Criminal Court Steering Committee Note 
[No Change] 
 
 
 
 
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RULE 9.145. 
APPEAL PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE 
DELINQUENCY CASES 
(a) – (b) 
[No Change] 
(c) 
Appeals by the State. 
(1) 
Appeals Permitted. The state may appeal an order 
(A) 
[No Change] 
(B) 
suppressing confessions, admissions, or evidence 
obtained by search and/or seizure before the adjudicatory hearing; 
(C) – (I) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
[No Change] 
(d) – (e) 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.146. 
APPEAL PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE 
DEPENDENCY AND TERMINATION OF 
PARENTAL RIGHTS CASES AND CASES 
INVOLVING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN 
NEED OF SERVICES 
(a) – (b) 
[No Change] 
(c) 
Stay of Proceedings. 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
Termination of Parental Rights. The taking of an appeal shall 
not operate as a stay in any case unless pursuant to an order of the court or the 
lower tribunal, except that a termination of parental rights order with placement of 
the child with a licensed child-placing agency or the Department of Children and 
 
 
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Familyies Services for subsequent adoption shall be suspended while the appeal is 
pending, but the child shall continue in custody under the order until the appeal is 
decided. 
(d) 
Retention of Jurisdiction. Transmittal of the record to the appellate 
court does not remove the jurisdiction of the lower tribunal to conduct judicial 
reviews or other proceedings related to the health and welfare of the child pending 
appeal. 
(e) 
References to Child or Parents. When the parent or child is a party 
to the appeal, the appeal shall be docketed and any papersdocuments filed in the 
court shall be titled with the initials, but not the name, of the child or parent and the 
court case number. All references to the child or parent in briefs, other 
papersdocuments, and the decision of the court shall be by initials. 
(f) 
[No Change] 
(g) 
Special Procedures and Time Limitations Applicable to Appeals 
of Final Orders in Dependency or Termination of Parental Rights 
Proceedings. 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
The Record. 
(A) – (B) 
[No Change] 
(C) 
Directions to the Clerk, Duties of the Clerk, 
Preparation and Transmittal of the Record. The appellant shall file directions to 
the clerk with the notice of appeal. The clerk shall electronically transmit the 
record to the court within 5 days of the date the court reporter files the transcript(s) 
or, if a designation to the court reporter has not been filed, within 5 days of the 
filing of the notice of appeal. When the record is electronically transmitted to the 
court, the clerk shall simultaneously electronically transmit the record to the 
Department of Children and Familyies Services, the guardian ad litem, counsel 
appointed to represent any indigent parties, and shall simultaneously serve copies 
of the index to all non-indigent parties, and, upon their request, copies of the record 
or portions thereof. The clerk shall provide the record in paper form to all parties 
exempt from service by e-mail as set forth in the Florida Rules of Judicial 
Administration. 
 
 
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(3) – (5) 
[No Change] 
(6) 
Rehearing; Rehearing En Banc; Clarification; 
Certification; Issuance of Written Opinion. Motions for rehearing, rehearing en 
banc, clarification, and certification, and issuance of a written opinion shall be in 
accordance with rules 9.330 and 9.331, except that no response to these motions is 
permitted unless ordered by the court. 
(7) 
[No Change] 
(h) 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.147. 
APPEAL PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW FINAL 
ORDERS DISMISSING PETITIONS FOR 
JUDICIAL WAIVER OF PARENTAL NOTICE OF 
TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY 
(a) 
Applicability. Appeal proceedings to review final orders dismissing a 
petition for judicial waiver of parental notice of the termination of a pregnancy 
shall be as in civil cases, except as modified by this rule. 
(b) 
Fees. No filing fee shall be required for any part of an appeal of the 
dismissal of a petition for a judicial waiver of parental notice of the termination of 
a pregnancy. 
(c) 
Record. If an unmarried minor or another person on her behalf 
appeals an order dismissing a petition for judicial waiver of parental notice of 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. 
(d) 
Disposition of Appeal. The court shall render its decision on the 
appeal as expeditiously as possible and no later than 7 days from the transmittal of 
the record. If no decision is rendered within that time period, the order shall be 
deemed reversed, the petition shall be deemed granted, and the clerk shall place a 
 
 
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certificate to that effect in the file and provide the appellant, without charge, with a 
certified copy of the certificate. 
(e) 
Briefs and Oral Argument. Briefs, oral argument, or both may be 
ordered at the discretion of the court. The appellant may move for leave to file a 
brief and may request oral argument. 
(f) 
Confidentiality of Proceedings. The appeal and all proceedings 
therein shall be confidential so that the minor shall remain anonymous. The file 
shall remain sealed unless otherwise ordered by the court. 
(g) 
Procedure Following Reversal. If the dismissal of the petition is 
reversed on appeal, the clerk shall furnish the appellant, without charge, with either 
a certified copy of the decision or the clerk’s certificate for delivery to the minor’s 
physician. 
Committee Notes 
2014 Amendment. The previous version of this rule was found at rule 
9.110(n). 
 
RULE 9.160. 
DISCRETIONARY PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW 
DECISIONS OF COUNTY COURTS 
(a) – (d) 
[No Change] 
(e) 
Discretion. 
(1) 
Any party may suggest that an order be certified to be of great 
public importance. However, the decision to certify shall be within the absolute 
discretion of the county court and may be made by the county court on its own 
motion. 
(2) 
[No Change] 
(f) – (j) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
 
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RULE 9.180. 
APPEAL PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW 
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CASES 
(a) 
[No Change] 
(b) 
Jurisdiction. 
(1) – (2) 
[No Change] 
(3) 
Commencement. Jurisdiction of the court shall be invoked by 
filing a notice of appeal with the lower tribunal, accompanied by the filing fee 
prescribed by law unless a verified petition for relief from payment of the fee has 
been filed with the lower tribunal within 30 days of the date the lower tribunal 
sends to the parties the order to be reviewed is mailed by the lower tribunal to the 
partieseither by mail or by electronic means approved by the deputy chief judge, 
which date shall 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) 
[No Change] 
(c) – (d) 
[No Change] 
(e) 
Intervention by Division of Workers’ Compensation. 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
Supreme Court. If review of an order of the court is sought in 
the supreme court, the division may intervene in accordance with these rules. The 
clerk of the supreme court shall provide a copy of the pertinent papersdocuments to 
the division. 
(3) 
[No Change] 
(f) 
Record Contents: Final Orders. 
(1) 
Transcript, Order, and Other Documents. The record shall 
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 
 
 
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parties may designate other items for inclusion in or omission from the record in 
accordance with rule 9.200. 
(2) – (9) 
[No Change] 
(g) 
Relief From Filing Fee and Costs: Indigency. 
(1) – (2) 
[No Change] 
(3) 
Costs of Preparation of Record. 
(A) – (F) 
[No Change] 
(G) 
Extension of Appeal Deadlines: Petition Granted. 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 shall begin to run from the date of the order granting the petition.(H)
 
Extension of Appeal Deadlines: Petition Denied. If the petition to be 
relieved of the cost of the record is denied or only granted in part, the petitioner 
shall deposit the estimated costs with the lower tribunal 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 shall 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 shall 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 shall begin to run from the date the 
petition is withdrawn. 
(IH) 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 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 shall 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. 
(JI) 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 shall reimburse the fund the costs paid within 30 days of the mandate 
issued by the court or supreme court under these rules. 
 
 
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(h) – (i) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.190. 
JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
ACTION 
(a) 
Applicability. Judicial review of administrative action shall be 
governed by the general rules of appellate procedureas in civil cases except as 
specifically modified hereinby this rule. 
(b) 
Commencement. 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
Review of non-final agency action under the Administrative 
Procedure Act, including non-final action by an administrative law judge, and 
agency orders entered pursuant to section 120.60(6), Florida Statutes, shall be 
commenced by filing a petition for review in accordance with rules 9.100(b) and 
(c). 
(3) 
[No Change] 
(c) – (e) 
 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.200.  
THE RECORD 
(a) 
Contents. 
(1) – (3) 
[No Change] 
 
 
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(4) 
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 shall 
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 shall 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. 
(5) 
[No Change] 
(b) 
Transcript(s) of Proceedings. 
(1) – (2) 
[No Change] 
(3) 
On service of a designation, the approved court reporter, civil 
court reporter, or approved transcriptionist shall 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 shall serve the so-endorsed designation on the parties 
and file it with the clerk of the appellate court 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 shall 
request such additional time as is reasonably necessary and shall state the reasons 
therefor. If the approved court reporter, civil court reporter, or approved 
transcriptionist requests an extension of time, the court shall allow the parties 5 
days in which to object or agree. The appellate court shall approve the request or 
take other appropriate action and shall notify the reporter and the parties of the due 
date of the transcript(s). 
(4) 
[No Change] 
(c) – (g) 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
1977 – 2006 Amendments 
[No Change] 
2014 Amendment. The phrase “all exhibits that are not physical evidence” 
in subdivision (a)(1) is intended to encompass all exhibits that are capable of 
reproduction, including, but not limited to, documents, photographs, tapes, CDs, 
 
 
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DVDs, and similar reproducible material. Exhibits that are physical evidence 
include items that are not capable of reproduction, such as weapons, clothes, 
biological material, or any physical item that cannot be reproduced as a copy by 
the clerk’s office. 
 
RULE 9.210. 
BRIEFS 
(a) 
Generally. In addition to briefs on jurisdiction under rule 9.120(d), 
the only briefs permitted to be filed by the parties in any one proceeding are the 
initial brief, the answer brief, a reply brief, and a cross-reply brief. All briefs 
required by these rules shall be prepared as follows: 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
The lettering in briefs shall be black and in distinct type, 
double-spaced, with margins no less than 1 inch. Lettering in script or type made in 
imitation of handwriting shall not be permitted. Footnotes and quotations may be 
single spaced and shall be in the same size type, with the same spacing between 
characters, as the text in the body of the brief. Headings and subheadings shall be 
at least as large as the brief’s text and may be single-spaced. Computer-generated 
briefs shall be filed in either Times New Roman 14–point font or Courier New 12–
point font. All computer-generated briefs shall contain a certificate of compliance 
signed by counsel, or the party if unrepresented, certifying that the brief complies 
with the font requirements of this rule. The certificate of compliance shall be 
contained in the brief immediately following the certificate of service. 
(3) 
Paper copies of briefs shall be securely bound in book form and 
fastened along the left side in a manner that will allow them to lie flat when opened 
or be securely stapled in the upper left corner. Headings and subheadings shall be 
at least as large as the brief text and may be single spaced. 
(4) 
[No Change] 
(5) 
The initial and answer briefs shall not exceed 50 pages in 
length, provided that if a cross-appeal has been filed, the answer brief/initial brief 
on cross-appeal shall not exceed 85 pages. Reply briefs shall not exceed 15 pages 
in length; provided that if a cross-appeal has been filed, the reply brief shall not 
exceed 50 pages, not more than 15 of which shall be devoted to argument replying 
to the answer portion of the appellee/cross-appellant’s brief. Cross-reply briefs 
 
 
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shall not exceed 15 pages. Briefs on jurisdiction shall not exceed 10 pages. The 
tables of contents and citations of authorities, andthe certificates of service and 
compliance, and the signature block for the brief’s author, shall be excluded from 
the computation. Longer briefs may be permitted by the court. 
(b) 
Contents of Initial Brief. The initial brief shall contain the following, 
in order: 
(1) 
A table of contents listing the sections of the brief, including 
headings and subheadings that identify the issues presented for review, with 
references to the pages on which each appears. 
(2) – (4) 
[No Change] 
(5) 
Argument with regard to each issue, with citation to appropriate 
authorities, and including the applicable appellate standard of review. 
(6) 
[No Change] 
(7) 
A certificate of service. 
(8) 
A certificate of compliance for computer-generated briefs. 
(c) 
Contents of Answer Brief. The answer brief shall be prepared in the 
same manner as the initial brief;, provided that the statement of the case and of the 
facts may be omitted, if the corresponding section of the initial brief is deemed 
satisfactory. If a cross-appeal has been filed, the answer brief shall include the 
issues in the cross-appeal that are presented for review, and argument in support of 
those issues. 
(d) 
Contents of Reply Brief. The reply brief shall contain argument in 
response and rebuttal to argument presented in the answer brief. A table of 
contents, a table of citations, a certificate of service, and, for computer-generated 
briefs, a certificate of compliance shall be included in the same manner as in the 
initial brief. 
(e) 
Contents of Cross-Reply Brief. The cross-reply brief is limited to 
rebuttal of argument of the cross-appellee. A table of contents, a table of citations, 
a certificate of service, and, for computer-generated briefs, a certificate of 
compliance shall be included in the same manner as in the initial brief. 
 
 
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(f) – (g) 
 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
Court Commentary 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.300. 
MOTIONS 
(a) 
[No Change] 
(b) 
Effect on Proceedings. Except as prescribed by subdivision (d) of 
this rule, service of a motion shall toll the time schedule of any proceeding in the 
court until disposition of the motion. An order granting an extension of time for 
any act shall automatically extend the time for all other acts that bear a time 
relation to it. An order granting an extension of time for preparation of the record, 
or the index to the record, or for filing of the transcript of proceedings, shall extend 
automatically, for a like period, the time for service of appellant’s initial briefthe 
next brief due in the proceedings. A conformed copy of an order extending time 
shall be transmitted forthwith to the clerk of the lower tribunal until the record has 
been transmitted to the court. 
(c) 
[No Change] 
(d) 
Motions Not Tolling Time. 
(1) – (8) 
[No Change] 
(9) 
Motions relating to sanctions, rule 9.410. 
(910) Motions relating to expediting the appeal. 
(11) Motions relating to appeal proceedings to review a final order 
dismissing a petition for judicial waiver of parental notice of termination of 
pregnancy, rule 9.147. 
 
 
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(12) Motions for mediation filed more than 30 days after the notice 
of appeal, rule 9.700(d). 
(1013)All motions filed in the supreme court, unless accompanied by 
a separate request to toll time. 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.320. 
ORAL ARGUMENT 
Oral argument may be permitted in any proceeding. A request for oral 
argument shall be in a separate document served by a party: 
(a) 
in appeals, not later than the time10 days after the last brief of that 
party is due to be served; 
(b) 
in proceedings commenced by the filing of a petition, not later than 10 
days after the reply is due to be served; and 
(c) 
in proceedings governed by rule 9.146, in accordance with rule 
9.146(g)(5). 
Each side will be allowed 20 minutes for oral argument, except in capital cases in 
which each side will be allowed 30 minutes. On its own motion or that of a party, 
the court may require, limit, expand, or dispense with oral argument. 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.330.  
REHEARING; CLARIFICATION; 
CERTIFICATION 
(a) 
Time for Filing; Contents; Response. A motion for rehearing, 
clarification, or certification, or issuance of a written opinion may be filed within 
15 days of an order or within such other time set by the court. A motion for 
 
 
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rehearing shall state with particularity the points of law or fact that, in the opinion 
of the movant, the court has overlooked or misapprehended in its decision, and 
shall not present issues not previously raised in the proceeding. A motion for 
clarification shall state with particularity the points of law or fact in the court’s 
decision that, in the opinion of the movant, are in need of clarification. A response 
may be served within 10 days of service of the motion. When a decision is entered 
without opinion, and a party believes that a written opinion would provide a 
legitimate basis for supreme court review, the motionparty may include a request 
that the court issue a written opinion. If such a request is made by an attorney, it 
shall include the following statement: 
I express a belief, based upon a reasoned and studied professional judgment, 
that a written opinion will provide a legitimate basis for supreme court 
review because (state with specificity the reasons why the supreme court 
would be likely to grant review if an opinion were written). 
 
s/ _____________________________                          
 
Attorney for                                           . 
 
(Name of Party) 
 
                                                               . 
 
                                                               . 
 
                                                               . 
 
(address, e-mail address, and phone 
number) 
 
                                                               . 
 
(Florida Bar number) 
(b) – (d) 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.331. 
DETERMINATION OF CAUSES IN A DISTRICT 
COURT OF APPEAL EN BANC 
(a) – (c) 
 
[No Change] 
(d) 
Rehearings En Banc. 
 
 
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(1) 
Generally. A rehearing en banc may be ordered by a district 
court of appeal on its own motion or on motion of a party. Within the time 
prescribed by rule 9.330, a party may move for an en banc rehearing solely on the 
grounds that the case or issue is of exceptional importance or that such 
consideration is necessary to maintain uniformity in the court’s decisions. A 
motion based on any other ground shall be stricken. A response may be served 
within 10 days of service of the motion. A vote will not be taken on the motion 
unless requested by a judge on the panel that heard the proceeding, or by any judge 
in regular active service on the court. Judges who did not sit on the panel are under 
no obligation to consider the motion unless a vote is requested. 
(2) 
Required Statement for Rehearing En Banc. A rehearing en 
banc is an extraordinary proceeding. In every case the duty of counsel is 
discharged without filing a motion for rehearing en banc unless one of the grounds 
set forth in (1) is clearly met. If filed by an attorney, the motion shall contain either 
or both of the following statements: 
I express a belief, based on a reasoned and studied professional judgment, 
that the panel decisioncase or issue is of exceptional importance. 
Or 
I express a belief, based on a reasoned and studied professional judgment, 
that the panel decision is contrary to the following decision(s) of this court 
and that a consideration by the full court is necessary to maintain uniformity 
of decisions in this court (citing specifically the case or cases). 
 
/s/                                                           . 
 
 
 
Attorney for                                           . 
 
                          (name of party) 
 
 
 
           (address, e-mail address, and 
phone number) 
 
Florida Bar No.                                     . 
(3) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
 
 
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[No Change] 
Court Commentary 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.340. 
MANDATE 
(a) 
[No Change] 
(b) 
Extension of Time for Issuance of Mandate. Unless otherwise 
provided by these rules, if a timely motion for rehearing, clarification, or 
certification, or issuance of a written opinion has been filed, the time for issuance 
of the mandate or other process shall 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) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.350. 
DISMISSAL OF CAUSES 
(a) – (c) 
[No Change] 
(d) 
Automatic Stay. The filing of a stipulation for dismissal or notice of 
dismissal automatically stays that portion of the proceedings for which a dismissal 
is being sought, pending further order of the court. 
Committee Notes 
1977 Amendment  
[No Change] 
2014 Amendment. The addition of subsection (d) clarifies that the filing of 
a stipulation or notice of dismissal does not itself dismiss the cause, while now 
providing for an automatic stay once a stipulation or notice is filed. The 
 
 
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amendment is intended to limit any further litigation regarding matters that are 
settled or may be voluntarily dismissed, until the court determines whether to 
recognize the dismissal. 
 
RULE 9.400. 
COSTS AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES 
(a) 
Costs. Costs shall be taxed in favor of the prevailing party unless the 
court orders otherwise. Taxable costs shall include 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
charges for preparation of the record and any hearing or trial 
transcripts necessary to determine the proceeding; 
(3) – (4) 
[No Change] 
Costs shall be taxed by the lower tribunal on a motion served within 30no later 
than 45 days after issuance of the mandaterendition of the court’s order. If an order 
is entered either staying the issuance of or recalling a mandate, the lower tribunal is 
prohibited from taking any further action on costs pending the issuance of a 
mandate or further order of the court. 
(b) 
Attorneys’ Fees. With the exception of motions filed pursuant to rule 
9.410(b), a motion for attorneys’ fees shall state the grounds on which recovery is 
sought and shallmay be served not later than: 
(1) 
in appeals, the time for service of the reply brief and shall state 
the grounds on which recovery is sought; or 
(2)  
in original proceedings, the time for service of the petitioner’s 
reply to the response to the petition. 
The assessment of attorneys’ fees may be remanded to the lower tribunal. If 
attorneys’ fees are assessed by the court, the lower tribunal may enforce payment. 
(c) 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
 
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RULE 9.410. 
SANCTIONS 
(a) 
[No Change] 
(b) 
Motion by a Party. 
(1) 
[No Change] 
(2) 
Proof of Service. A motion seeking attorneys’ fees as a 
sanction shall include an initial certificate of service, pursuant to rule 9.420(d) and 
subdivision (3) of this rule, and a certificate of filing, pursuant to subdivision (4) of 
this rule. 
(3) 
Initial Service. A copy of a motion for attorneys’ fees as a 
sanction must initially be served only on the party against whom sanctions are 
sought. That motion shall be served no later than the time for serving any permitted 
response to a challenged paper or, if no response is permitted as of right, within 15 
days after a challenged paper is served or a challenged claim, defense, contention, 
allegation, or denial is made at oral argument. A certificate of service that complies 
with rule 9.420(d) and that reflects service pursuant to this subdivision shall 
accompany the motion and shall be taken as prima facie proof of the date of 
service pursuant to this subdivision. TheA certificate of filing pursuant to 
subdivision (4) of this rule shall also accompany the motion, but should remain 
undated and unsigned at the time of the initial service pursuant to this subdivision. 
(4) 
Filing and Final Service. If the challenged paper, claim, 
defense, contention, allegation, or denial is not withdrawn or appropriately 
corrected within 21 days after initial service of the motion under subdivision (3), 
the movant may file the motion for attorneys’ fees as a sanction, as referenced in 
subdivision (3), with the court (a) no later than the time for service of the reply 
brief, if applicable, or (b) no later than 3045 days after initial service of the motion, 
whichever is later. 
The movant shall serve upon all parties a copy of the motion filed with the 
court. A certificate of service of that copyfiling which complies in substance with 
the form below, and which shall be dated and signed at the time of final service 
pursuant to this subdivision, shall be taken as prima facie proof of such final 
service. 
I certify that on . . . . . (date) . . . . .,a copy of this previously served motion 
has been furnished to .....(court)..... by .....hand delivery/mail/other delivery 
 
 
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source..... and has been furnished to .....(name or names)..... by .....hand 
delivery/mail/other delivery source......  
 
/s/                                                           . 
 
Attorney for .....(name of party)..... 
 
.....(address, e-mail address, and phone 
number)..... 
 
Florida Bar No. ............... 
(5) 
[No Change] 
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 Judicial Administration 2.5162.525. 
(2) 
Inmate Filing. A document filed by a pro se inmate confined in 
an institution is timely filed if the inmate places the document in the hands of an 
institution official for mailing on or before the last day for filing. Such a document 
shall be presumed to be timely filed if it contains a certificate of service certifying 
that the inmate placed the document in the hands of an institution official for 
mailing on a particular date, and if the document would have been timely filed had 
it been received and file-stamped by the court on that date.The filing date of a 
document filed by a pro se inmate confined in an institution shall be presumed to 
be the date it is stamped for filing by the clerk of the court, except as follows: 
(A) 
The document shall 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 
 
 
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(B) 
The document shall be presumed to be filed on the date 
reflected on a certificate of service contained in the document if the certificate is in 
substantially the form prescribed by subdivision (d)(1) of this rule and either: 
(i) 
the institution does not have a system designed for 
legal mail; or 
(ii) 
the inmate used the institution’s system designed 
for legal mail, if any, but the institution’s system does not provide for a way to 
record the date the inmate places the document in the hands of an institutional 
official for mailing. 
(b) 
Service. 
(1) 
By a Party or Amicus Curiae. All original papersdocuments 
shall be filed either before service or immediately thereafter. A copy of all 
documents filed under these rules shall, 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) 
[No Change] 
(c) – (e) 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
1977 – 1980 Amendments 
[No Change] 
2014 Amendment. Subdivision (a)(2) has been completely rewritten to 
conform this rule to Thompson v. State, 761 So. 2d 324 (Fla. 2000), and the federal 
mailbox rule adopted in Haag v. State, 591 So. 2d 614 (Fla. 1992). The amendment 
clarifies that an inmate is required to use the institutional system designed for legal 
mail, if there is one, in order to receive the benefits of the mailbox rule embodied 
in this subdivision. If the institution’s legal mail system records the date the 
document is provided to institutional officials for mailing (e.g. Rule 33-210.102(8), 
Florida Administrative Code (2010)), that date is presumed to be the date of filing. 
If the institution’s legal mail system does not record the date the document is 
provided to institutional officials—or if the institution does not have a system for 
legal mail at all—the date of filing is presumed to be the date reflected on the 
certificate of service contained in the document, if the certificate of service is in 
substantial conformity with subdivision (d)(1) of this rule. If the inmate does not 
 
 
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use the institution’s legal mail system when one exists—or if the inmate does not 
include in the document a certificate of service when the institution does not have a 
legal mail system—the date the document is filed is presumed to be the date it is 
stamped for filing by the clerk of the court. 
Court Commentary 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.430. 
 
PROCEEDINGS BY INDIGENTS 
(a) – (b) 
[No Change] 
(c) 
Incarcerated Parties. 
(1) 
Presumptions. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, an 
appellate court may, in its discretion, presume that 
(A) 
assertions in an application for determination of indigent 
status filed by an incarcerated party under this rule are true, and 
(B) 
in cases involving criminal or collateral criminal 
proceedings, an incarcerated party who has been declared indigent for purposes of 
proceedings in the lower tribunal remains indigent. 
(2) 
[No Change] 
(d) 
Parties in Juvenile Dependency and Termination of Parental 
Rights Cases; Presumption. In cases involving dependency or termination of 
parental rights, an appellate court may, in its discretion, presume that any party 
who has been declared indigent for purposes of proceedings by the lower tribunal 
remains indigent, in the absence of evidence to the contrary. 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
 
 
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RULE 9.600. 
JURISDICTION OF LOWER TRIBUNAL 
PENDING REVIEW 
(a) 
Concurrent Jurisdiction. Only the court may grant an extension of 
time for any act required by these rules. Before the record is transmitteddocketed, 
the lower tribunal shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the court to render orders 
on any other procedural matter relating to the cause, subject to the control of the 
court, provided that clerical mistakes in judgments, decrees, or other parts of the 
record arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the lower tribunal 
on its own initiative after notice or on motion of any party before the record is 
docketed in the court, and, thereafter with leave of the court. 
(b) – (d) 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
RULE 9.720. 
MEDIATION PROCEDURES 
(a) – (e) 
[No Change] 
(f) 
Party Representative Having Full Authority to Settle. Except as 
provided in subdivision (a) as to public entities, a “party or its representative 
having full authority to settle” shall mean the final decision maker with respect to 
all issues presented by the case who has the legal capacity to execute a binding 
settlement agreement on behalf of the party. Nothing herein shall be deemed to 
require any party or party representative who appears at a mediation conference in 
compliance with this rule to enter into a settlement agreement. 
(g) 
Certificate of Authority. Unless otherwise stipulated by the parties, 
each party, 10 days prior to appearing at a mediation conference, shall file with the 
court and serve upon all parties a written notice identifying the person or persons 
who will be attending the mediation conference as a party representative or as an 
insurance carrier representative, and confirming that those persons have the 
authority required by this rule. 
Committee Note 
 
 
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2014 Amendment. The amendment adding subdivisions (f) and (g) is 
intended to make this rule consistent with the November 2011 amendments to 
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.720. 
 
 
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) – (b) 
[No Change] 
(c) 
Florida Circuit Courts and County Courts. 
(1) – (2) 
[No Change] 
(3)  
For opinions not published in Florida Supplement, cite to 
Florida Law Weekly Supplement: State v. Campeau, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. C65 
(Fla. 9th Cir. Ct. Nov. 7, 1990)State v. Ruoff, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 619 (Fla. 
17th Cir. Ct. Feb. 13, 2010). If not therein, cite to Florida Law Weekly: State v. 
Cahill, 16 Fla. L. Weekly C41 (Fla. 19th Cir. Ct. Mar. 5, 1991). If not therein, cite 
to the slip opinion: State v. Campeau, No. 90–4363 (Fla. 9th Cir. Ct. Nov. 7, 
1990)Jones v. City of Ocoee, No. CVAI-93-18 (Fla. 9th Cir. Ct. Dec. 9, 1996). 
(d) – (h) 
[No Change] 
(i) 
Florida Rules. 
Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.180. 
Fla. R. Civ. P. – S.V.P. 4.010. 
Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.110. 
Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850. 
 
 
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Fla. R. Work. Comp. P. 4.113. 
Fla. Prob. R. 5.120. 
Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.165. 
Fla. Sm. Cl. R. 7.070. 
Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.070. 
Fla. R. App. P. 9.100. 
Fla. R. Med. 10.100. 
Fla. R. Arb. 11.010. 
Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.010. 
Fla. Admin. Code R. 62D–2.014. 
R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4–1.10. 
Fla. Bar Found. By-Laws, art. 2.19(b). 
Fla. Bar Found. Charter, art. III, § 3.4. 
Fla. Bar Integr. R., art. XI, §11.09. 
Fla. Jud. Qual. Comm’n R. 9. 
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Civ.) 601.4. 
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) 2.033.7. 
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) Robbery. 
Fla. Stds. Imposing Law. Sancs. 9.32(a). 
Fla. Bar Admiss. R. 3-23.1. 
(j) – (p) 
[No Change] 
 
 
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Committee Notes 
[No Change] 
 
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.                                                           ) 
                                                              ) 
                                                             ,) 
Plaintiff/Appellee.                               ) 
                                                              ) 
 
 
 
NOTICE OF APPEAL 
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(hi)] .....(date)..... [Conformed copies of orders designated 
in the notice of appeal shall 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)...... 
 
 
 
 
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.                                                            ) 
                                                               ) 
                                                              ,) 
Plaintiff/Appellee,                                ) 
Cross-Appellant.                                    ) 
                                                               ) 
 
 
 
 
NOTICE OF CROSS-APPEAL 
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(hi)] .....(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 Non-Final Order. 
(1) 
Notice of Appeal of Non-Final Order 
 
IN THE .....(NAME OF THE LOWER 
TRIBUNAL WHOSE ORDER IS TO 
BE REVIEWED)..... 
Case No.                          . 
                                                              
_______________________________,) 
Defendant/Appellant,                           ) 
                                                              ) 
v.                                                           ) 
                                                              ) 
                                                             ,) 
Plaintiff/Appellee.                               ) 
                                                              ) 
                                                              ) 
 
 
 
NOTICE OF APPEAL OF A NON-
FINAL ORDER 
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(hi)] .....(date)...... [Conformed copies of orders designated 
in the notice of appeal shall be attached in accordance with rules 9.110(d), 
9.130(c), and 9.160(c).] The nature of the order is a non-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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(2) 
Notice of Cross-Appeal of Non-Final Order. 
 
 
IN THE .....(NAME OF THE LOWER 
TRIBUNAL WHOSE ORDER IS TO 
BE REVIEWED)..... 
Case No.                    . 
                                                             ,) 
Defendant/Appellant                           ) 
Cross-Appellee,                                    ) 
v.                                                           ) 
                                                              ) 
                                                             ,) 
Plaintiff/Appellee/                               ) 
Cross-Appellant.                                   ) 
                                                              ) 
 
 
 
NOTICE OF CROSS-APPEAL OF A  
NON-FINAL ORDER 
 
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(i)] .....(date)...... The nature of the order is a non-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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(d) 
Notice to Invoke Discretionary Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. 
 
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 
APPEAL OF FLORIDA, 
             DISTRICT 
Case No.                          . 
 
                                                              
_______________________________,) 
Defendant/Petitioner,                           ) 
                                                              ) 
v.                                                           ) 
                                                              ) 
                                                             ,) 
Plaintiff/Respondent.                           ) 
                                                              ) 
                                                              ) 
 
 
 
 
NOTICE TO INVOKE 
DISCRETIONARY JURISDICTION 
NOTICE IS GIVEN that   
           , Defendant/Petitioner, invokes the 
discretionary jurisdiction of the supreme court to review the decision of this court 
rendered [see rule 9.020(hj)] .....(date)...... The decision .....(state why the decision 
is within the supreme court’s jurisdiction)......1 
 
 
 
Attorney for .....(name of party)..... 
 
.....(address, e-mail address, and phone 
number)..... 
 
Florida Bar No. .................... 
 
1. The choices are: 
a. expressly declares valid a state statute. 
b. expressly construes a provision of the state or federal constitution. 
c. expressly affects a class of constitutional or state officers. 
d. expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of another district court of appeal or of the supreme court on the 
same question of law. 
e. passes on a question certified to be of great public importance. 
f. is certified to be in direct conflict with decisions of other district courts of appeal. 
 
See rule 9.030(a)(2)(A). 
 
 
 
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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.                                                           ) 
                                                              ) 
                                                             ,) 
Plaintiff*/Appellee.                             ) 
                                                              ) 
 
 
 
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
APPEAL 
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(hi)] .....(date)...... [Conformed copies of orders designated in the 
notice of appeal shall 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 of 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 of                ) 
Termination of Pregnancy.                   ) 
                                                              ) 
                                                              )  
                                                              )    
_______________________________)                                      
(Your pseudonym or initials)               ) 
                                                              ) 
Appellant.                                             ) 
                                                              ) 
 
NOTICE IS GIVEN that  
          (your pseudonym or initials), appeals 
to the             (District Court with appellate jurisdiction), the order of this court 
rendered  
 
          (enter the date that the order was filed on the clerk’s 
docket) [See rule 9.020(hi)]. The nature of the order is a final order dismissing a 
petition for a judicial waiver of parental notice of 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 of 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. A form for the 
notice of appeal (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. 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 notification 
of termination of pregnancy that you wish to have a lawyer appointed. 
 
 
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(g) – (j) 
 
 
[No Change] 
Committee Notes 
[No Change]