In Re: Amendments to Florida Probate Rule 5.010

Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC2025-0667
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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA PROBATE RULE 5.010.

October 30, 2025

PER CURIAM.

The Florida Bar’s Probate Rules Committee proposes

amending Florida Probate Rule 5.010 (Scope). 1 The Committee

published the proposal for comment in The Florida Bar News; no

comments were received by the Committee. The Florida Bar’s

Board of Governors unanimously recommends acceptance of the

proposed amendments. The Court published the Committee’s

proposal in the July 1, 2025, issue of The Florida Bar News; no

comments were received by the Court.

We adopt the amendments to rule 5.010 as proposed by the

Committee. Rule 5.010 states that these rules govern the

1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see
also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b).
procedure in all probate and guardianship proceedings and lists the

various parts of the rule set (Parts I-IV) and the purpose for each

part. We amend the rule to include a reference to Part V (Forms),

which was adopted by the Court in In re Amendments to the Florida

Probate Rules—Guardianship, 301 So. 3d 859 (Fla. 2020). We

amend the Committee Notes to reflect this change.

Accordingly, we amend the Florida Probate Rules as reflected

in the appendix to this opinion. New language is underscored;

deleted language is stricken. The amendments shall become

effective on January 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m.

It is so ordered.

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

THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.

Original Proceeding – Florida Probate Rules

Michael A. Sneeringer, Chair, Probate Rules Committee, Bonita
Springs, Florida, Erin Farrington Finlen, Past Co-Chair, Probate
Rules Committee, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Zackary T. Zuroweste,
Past Co-Chair, Probate Rules Committee, Clearwater, Florida,
Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee,
Florida, and Heather Savage Telfer, Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar,
Tallahassee, Florida,

for Petitioner

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APPENDIX

RULE 5.010. SCOPE

These rules govern the procedure in all probate and
guardianship proceedings and shallwill be known as the Florida
Probate Rules and may be cited as Fla. Prob. R. Part I applies to all
proceedings. Part II applies to probate alone, Part III applies to
guardianship alone, and Part IV applies to expedited judicial
intervention concerning medical treatment procedures, and Part V
provides forms. The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure apply only as
provided herein these rules.

Committee Notes

1975 Revision - 2003 Revision [No Change]

2025 Revision: Rule amended to reference Part V of the Florida
Probate Rules. Committee notes revised.

Rule References

[No Change]

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