The Supreme Court has amended Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.510 to provide more information to self-represented litigants regarding summary judgment actions.

“First, we amend subdivision (a) (Motion for Summary Judgment or Partial Summary Judgment) to require a detailed explanation for pro se parties of the need to respond to a summary judgment motion,” the court said. “Next, we amend subdivision (b) (Time to File) to provide that no motion for summary judgment may be filed while the movant’s responses to mandatory disclosures are pending.”

The court, acting on its own motion in July 2021, adopted its civil summary judgment standards into the family law rules to conform with changes it made in 2017 to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 when it basically adopted the federal summary judgment standard.