Fourth Rule Change in a Month: New Judicial Administration Rule 2.514 Governs Computation of Time

Today, the Florida Supreme Court adopted Rule of Judicial Administration 2.514 governing computation of time in all state court proceedings. The computation itself remains essentially the same as it had been under current rules 1.090 and 9.420, but clarifies that the 5 days additional time for mailing also applies to service by email. Oddly, though, this new rule 2.514 goes into effect October 1, 2012, one month AFTER the new email service rule goes into effect.

This is the fourth rule change adopted by the Court over the last month, the prior changes being:

• service by email (effective September 1, 2012);
• electronic filing (October 1 in appellate courts; April 1, 2013 in civil); and
• electronic discovery (September 1, 2012)).