IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 1.200
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When a trial is not reached during the trial period set by court order, the court must enter an order setting a new trial period as soon as practicable, considering the needs of the case, the resources of the court, and the availability of the parties.
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Supreme Court of Florida
No. SC2025-1894
IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE 1.200.
October 15, 2026
PER CURIAM.
The Florida Bar's Civil Procedure Rules Committee filed a report proposing amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200 (Case Management; Pretrial Procedure).1 One comment was received from attorney Dan Cytryn, and the Committee filed a response to the comment.
1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b).
Having considered the Committee's report, the comment filed, and the Committee's response, we decline to amend rule 1.200(h) as proposed by the Committee. We instead amend the rule to require courts to consider the “availability of the parties,” along with the needs of the case and the resources of the court, in setting a new trial period in a case that does not reach trial during the period set by court order.
Accordingly, the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure are amended as set forth in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struckthrough type. The amendments become effective on 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.