In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure

123 So. 3d 1128, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 697, 2013 WL 5476883, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2139
Supreme Court of Florida·Decided October 3, 2013·No. No. SC13-1354·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The Florida Bar’s Juvenile Court Rules Committee (Committee) has fíled a “fast-track” out-of-cycle report proposing amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure in order to implement recent legislation. See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(e). We have jurisdiction.1

The Committee proposes amendments to rules 8.060 (Discovery); 8.095 (Procedure When Child Believed to be Incompetent or Insane); 8.185 (Correction of Disposition or Commitment Orders); 8.255 (General Provisions for Hearings); 8.345 (Post-Disposition Relief); 8.425 (Permanency Hearings); and Form 8.947 (Disposition Order — Delinquency). The majority of the proposals are in response to recent statutory amendments. See ch.2012-81, § 1, Laws of Fla. (amending § 39.802(4)); ch.2012-84, § 2, Laws of Fla. (amending § 20.19, Fla. Stat.); eh.2013-21, § 3, Laws of Fla. (creating § 39.522(3), Fla. Stat.); ch. 2013-107 (amending § 90.702, Fla. Stat.); ch.2013-112, §§ 3, 4, Laws of Fla. (amending §§ 985.032, 985.455(1), Fla. Stat.); ch. 2013-162 (amending various statutes); § 790.22(9), Fla. Stat. The Board of Governors of The Florida Bar unanimously approved the proposals.

After considering the proposed amendments and reviewing the relevant legislation, we amend the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The amendments shall take effect immediately upon the release of this opinion. Because the amendments were not published for comment prior to their adoption, interested persons shall have sixty days from the date of this opinion in which to file comments with the Court.2

It is so ordered.

POLSTON, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, LABARGA, and PERRY, JJ., concur.

APPENDIX

RULE 8.060. DISCOVERY

(a) Notice of Discovery.

(1) [No Change]

(2) Within 5 days of service of the child’s notice of discovery, the petitioner shall serve a written discovery exhibit which shall disclose to the child or the [1130]*1130child’s counsel and permit the child or the child’s counsel to inspect, copy, test, and photograph the following information and material within the petitioner’s possession or control:

(A) A list of the names and addresses of all persons known to the petitioner to have information which may be relevant to the allegations, to any defense with respect thereto, or to any similar fact evidence to be presented at trial under section 90.402(2), Florida Statutes. The names and addresses of persons listed shall be clearly designated in the following categories:

(i) Category A. These witnesses shall include

(a)-(f) [No Change]

(g) expert witnesses who have not provided a written report and a curriculum vitae or who are going to testifyto test results or give opinions that will have to -meet the test set forth -in-Frye v? -U-nited States 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923).

(ii) [No Change]

(B)-(K) [No Change]

(3)-(5) [No Change]

(b)-(m) [No Change]

Court Commentary

[No Change]

RULE 8.095. PROCEDURE WHEN CHILD BELIEVED TO BE INCOMPETENT OR INSANE

(a) Incompetency At Time of Adjudicatory Hearing or Hearing on Petition Alleging Violation of Juvenile Probation in Delinquency Cases.

(IKS) [No Change]

(4)Child Found Incompetent to Proceed. If at the hearing provided for in subdivision (a)(2) the child is found to be incompetent to proceed, the child must be adjudicated incompetent to proceed and may be involuntarily committed as provided by law to the Department of Children and Family Servicesies for treatment upon a finding of clear and convincing evidence that:

(A) The child is mentally ill or mentally — retardedintellectually disabled and because of the mental illness or retardationintellectual disability of the child:

(i)-(ii) [No Change]

(B) [No Change]

(5) [No Change]

(6) Commitment. Each child who has been adjudicated incompetent to proceed and who meets the criteria for commitment in subdivision (a)(4) must be committed to the Department of Children and Family Servicesies. The department must train or treat the child in the least restrictive alternative consistent with public safety. Any commitment of a child to a secure residential program must be to a program separate from adult forensic programs. If the child attains competency, case management and supervision of the child will be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice to continue delinquency proceedings. The court retains authority, however, to order the Department of Children and Family Servicesies to provide continued treatment to maintain competency.

(A) A child adjudicated incompetent because of mental retardationintellec-tual disablity may be ordered into a program designated by the Department of Children and Family Service-sies for retardedintellectually disabled children.

[1131]*1131(B) A child adjudicated incompetent because of mental illness may be ordered into a program designated by the Department of Children and Family Servicesies for mentally ill children.

(7) [No Change]

(8) Treatment Alternatives to Commitment. If a child who is found to be incompetent does not meet the commitment criteria of subdivision (a)(4), the court shall order the Department of Children and Family- Servicesies to provide appropriate treatment and training in the community. All court-ordered treatment must be in the least restrictive setting consistent with public safety. Any residential program must be separate from an adult forensic program. If a child is ordered to receive such services, the services shall be provided by the Department of Children and Family Servicesies. The competency determination must be reviewed at least every 6 months, or at the end of any extended period of treatment or training, and any time the child appears to have attained competency or will never attain competency, by the service provider. A copy of a written report evaluating the child’s competency must be filed by the provider with the court, the Department of Children and Family Servicesies, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the state, and counsel for the child.

(9) [No Change]

(b) [No Change]

(c) Appointment of Expert Witnesses; Detention of Child for Examination.

(1) — (3) [No Change]

(4) For competency evaluations related to mental retardationintellectual disability, the court shall order the Developmental Services Program Office of the Department of Children and Family Servicesies to examine the child to determine if the child meets the definition of retardationintellectual disability in section 398.063, Florida Statutes, and, if so, whether the child is competent to proceed or amenable to treatment through the Department of Children and Family Servicesies’ retardationintellec-tual disability services or programs.

(d) Competence to Proceed; Scope of Examination and Report.

(1) [No Change]

(2) Treatment Recommendations.

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