The Supreme Court has amended family law procedural rules to include the summary judgment standard it recently adopted as part of the civil procedure rules.

The court, acting July 8 on its own motion, amended Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.510 to conform with the recent changes to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510.

The opinion noted in 2017, the court adopted civil procedure rules into the family law rules so the rules could stand alone, and that pro se parties and others would not have to refer between multiple rule sets for guidance.