IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.400
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Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.400(b)(4) is amended to replace language referring to rendition of a dismissal with language referring to issuance of a disposition in describing procedures for serving fee motions.
[1] In proceedings where a court issues a disposition before the otherwise applicable deadline for filing a motion for attorneys' fees expires, a motion for attorneys' fees m…
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Supreme Court of Florida
No. SC2026-0579
IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE
PROCEDURE 9.400.
October 1, 2026
PER CURIAM.
The Florida Bar's Appellate Court Rules Committee filed a report proposing amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.400 (Costs and Attorneys' Fees).1 Having considered the Committee's proposal, we hereby adopt the amendments to rule 9.400 as proposed.
Subdivision (b)(4) of rule 9.400 currently describes the procedures by which fee motions are to be served “in proceedings in which the court renders an order of dismissal.” This subdivision is amended to replace current language that refers to rendition of a
1. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b)(1).
dismissal with language referring to issuance of a disposition.
The Court hereby amends the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The amendments become effective January 1, 2027, at 12:01 a.m.
It is so ordered.
COURIEL, C.J., and LABARGA, MUÑIZ, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, BARRIOS, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.