Opinion ID: 1613951
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Text: The Committee, in its regular-cycle report, proposes amendments to Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure 8.045 (Notice to Appear); 8.090 (Speedy Trial); 8.135 (Correction of Disposition or Commitment Orders); 8.210 (Parties and Participants); 8.257 (General Magistrates); 8.350 (Placement of Child Into Residential Treatment Center After Adjudication of Dependency); 8.515 (Providing Counsel to Parties); and 8.535 (Postdisposition Hearings) and forms 8.911 (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act Affidavit); 8.930 (Juvenile Notice to Appear); 8.964 (Dependency Petition); 8.966 (Adjudication Order-Dependency); 8.980 (Petition for Termination of Parental Rights Based on Voluntary Relinquishment); 8.981 (Petition for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights); 8.983 (Adjudication Order and Judgment of Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights); and the adoption of new form 8.975 (Dependency Order Withholding Adjudication). Prior to filing its report with the Court, the Committee published the proposed amendments in The Florida Bar News. It received one comment. After the Committee filed its report with the Court, the proposed amendments were again published in The Florida Bar News. The Court received seven comments. One of the seven was by the same commenter who responded to the first publication and raised the same issues as his comment to the Committee. The Committee filed a response to the comments, reiterating its adherence to its original recommendations. According to the response, the Committee considered many of the issues raised by the comments during its deliberative process, but concluded the proposed amendments were needed. After considering the comments and holding oral argument, we adopt most of the Committee's proposed amendments without change, adopt a few with minor modifications, and adopt the new form as proposed, as discussed below.