IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE. (2025)

The Juvenile Court Rules Committee filed a report proposing amendments to Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure Forms 8.959 (Summons for Dependency Arraignment), 8.979 (Summons for Advisory Hearing), and 8.982 (Notice of Action for Advisory Hearing) to include Creole translations.¹ We adopt the amendments to the forms as proposed.

The amendments to the English versions of forms 8.959, 8.979, and 8.982 in In re Amendments to Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure – 2023 Legislation, 375 So. 3d 219 (Fla. 2023), eliminated the word “personally” from “personally appear,” consistent with the legislative changes made by chapter 2023-302, Laws of Florida. The Court now adopts the Creole versions of those forms to conform with the English versions of the forms.

The Court hereby amends the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring. The amendments to the forms shall become effective April 1, 2025, at 12:01 a.m.

It is so ordered.

APPENDIX

FORM 8.959. SUMMONS FOR DEPENDENCY ARRAIGNMENT

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF HEARING

FOOTNOTES

1.   We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b)(1).

PER CURIAM.

MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.