Amendments to the Probate Rules.

The Florida Bar's Probate Rules Committee has submitted to the Florida Supreme Court a regular-cycle report proposing amendments to rules 5.040 (Notice), 5.041 (Service of Pleadings and Documents), 5.042 (Time), 5.080 (Discovery and Subpoena), 5.345 (Accountings Other than Personal Representatives' Final Accountings), 5.346 (Fiduciary Accounting), 5.550 (Petition to Determine Incapacity), 5.560 (Petition for Appointment of Guardian of an Incapacitated Person), 5.620 (Inventory), 5.690 (Initial Guardianship Report), and 5.696 (Annual Accounting). The court invites all interested persons to comment on the proposed amendments, which are summarized below and reproduced in full below, as well as online at www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/proposed.shtml. All comments must be filed with the court on or before March 15, with a certificate of service verifying that a copy has been served on committee Chair Matthew H. Triggs, Proskauer Rose, LLP, 2255 Glades Road, Suite 421A, Boca Raton 33431-7379, mtriggs@proskauer.com, and on the Bar staff liaison to the committee, Heather Savage Telfer, 651 E. Jefferson Street, Tallahassee 32399-2300, htelfer@ flabar.org, as well as a separate request for oral argument if the person filing the comment wishes to participate in oral argument, which may be scheduled in this case. Further, if comments are directed toward the proposed amendment to 5.040 (Notice), the certificate of service shall also verify that a copy has been served on the proponent of the amendment Rohan Kelley, The Kelley Law Firm, PL, 3365 Gait Ocean Drive, Ft. Lauderdale 33308-7002, rohan@estatelaw. com. If comments are directed toward the proposed amendment to 5.042 (Time), the certificate of service shall also verify that a copy has been served on the proponents of the amendment Tami Foley Conetta, The Northern Trust Company, P.O. Box 4097, Sarasota 34230-4097, tfcl@ntrs.com, and Barry F. Spivey, Spivey & Fallon, P.A., 1515 Ringling Blvd., Suite 885, Sarasota 34236-6765, barry.spivey@spiveyfallonlaw.com. If comments are directed toward the proposed amendment to 5.550 (Petition to Determine Incapacity) or 5.560 (Petition for Appointment of Guardian of an Incapacitated Person), the certificate of service shall also verify that a copy has been served on the proponent of the amendments Franklin Jack Burr, II, P.O. Box 14431, Clearwater 33766, nodopamine@hotmail.com. The chair has until April 5 to file a response to any comments filed with the...