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Florida Supreme Court approves "housekeeping" changes to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.  [Added 7/11/11]

    In response to a petition filed in October 2010, the Florida Supreme Court adopted a number of "housekeeping" changes to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.  (The Bar had filed 2 petitions, one with "housekeeping" changes and the other (Case No. SC10-1967) with more substantive changes.  The Court has not yet acted on the substantive change proposals.)

    Most of the housekeeping changes address things like adding citations or slight changes to wording in rules.  One of the more interesting changes adds the following language to the Comment to Rule 5-1.1, regarding trust accounts:  "The Supreme Court of Florida has held that lawyer trust accounts may be the proper target of garnishment actions.  See Arnold, Matheny and Eagan, P.A. v. First American Holdings, Inc., 982 So.2d 628 (Fla. 2008)."

    The changes are effective October 1, 2011.  In re: Amendments to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar (Biannual Report Housekeeping), __ So.3d ___ (Fla., No. SC10-1968, 7/7/2011).

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