Thursday, June 21, 2012

Supreme Court Rules on E-mail "Certificate of Service"

Special thanks to Fort Lauderdale Paralegal Linda Franz for keeping us updated. 

Effective July 1st and pursuant to the Florida Supreme Court decision dated today (6/21/12) there are new rules concerning service of documents on another party.  According to the new rule (2.516), all documents required or permitted to be served on another party must  be served by e-mail.  Upon appearing in a proceeding a lawyer must designate a primary e-mail address, and may designate up to two secondary e-mail addresses for receiving service. Thereafter, service on the lawyer must be made by e-mail.  

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