The Honorable Mary Beth Kuenzel, Clerk of the Second District, kindly shared some details about what the transition back to filing through the Portal means for practitioners.
The Florida Supreme Court has substantially amended the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, changing language in nearly every rule in the book along with related rules from the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration. It accomplished this through issuing three separate opinions: SC17-152 [.pdf]; SC17-882[.pdf], and SC17-999 [.pdf]. The amendments change, well, almost everything! The amendments […]
Appealable or not? The courts decide… The immediate reaction to an adverse ruling is often “I want to appeal that!” But not all orders are immediately appealable, as several cases this month have shown. And sometimes, an order is immediately appealable even if the case continues for other reasons, and you can waive your rights […]