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AMENDMENT TO RULE ON SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES DUE TO DEATH OR INCOMPETENCY

Jul 09th, 2021 in News by admin

AMENDMENT TO RULE ON SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES DUE TO DEATH OR INCOMPETENCY 

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 1.260, 46 Fla. L. Weekly (S60 Fla. April 8, 2021):

The important change in this rule is the replacement of the language “the death is suggested upon the record by service of a statement of the fact of the death,” which the Court replaced by requiring “a statement noting the death is filed and served on all parties as provided in Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.516.” A lot clearer for sure.