The Florida Supreme Court last week approved several changes to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure [.pdf]. The Rule change most likely to affect appellate practitioners — for the better — is the change to Rule 1.530: Time for Motion. A motion for new trial or for rehearing shall be served not later than 1015 […]
Today’s the day. E-filing with the Second District Court of Appeal through the state ePortal is mandatory as of today, October 1, 2013. Administrative Order No. AOSC13-29 [.pdf] setting today’s deadline is available on the Florida Supreme Court’s website.
I just filed some appeal-related documents in Broward County, and the Portal asked me about email addresses for eService. I was able to add attorneys by looking them up by bar number, by registered user name, and add supplemental e-mail addresses to the default — which was a good thing, because the email address listed […]