Conferral Required Before Filing Nondispositive Motions — Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.202
Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
Summary
Under the 2025 case-management amendments, a movant must confer with the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve a nondispositive motion before filing it, and must include a certificate of conferral.
Applies to
Florida > All circuits > Civil cases governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure
Requirement
Before filing a nondispositive motion in a Florida civil case: (1) confer with the opposing party in a good-faith attempt to resolve the issues raised; (2) include a certificate of conferral in the motion stating the conferral occurred (or the specific efforts made if the opposing party did not respond). Local divisions may layer additional conferral requirements on top of this statewide rule.
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Source of truth
- Official source
- Florida Courts — State Courts System
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
- December 31, 2024
- Last verified
- —
Reviewer note: Seeded from the 2024 case-management amendment cycle (effective 2025-01-01) as known at model cutoff. Reviewer must confirm current rule text at flcourts.gov before elevating to high confidence.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: content changed at Florida Courts — State Courts System. Review before republishing dependent rules.
- July 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at Florida Courts — State Courts System. Review before republishing dependent rules.
- July 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at Florida Courts — State Courts System. Review before republishing dependent rules.
- July 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at Florida Courts — State Courts System. Review before republishing dependent rules.
Related rules
Good-Faith Conferral Before Setting Any Hearing — Division AO
Every party setting a hearing in Division AO must first confer in a good-faith effort to resolve the matter, and every hearing notice must include a certificate of that conferral. The division instructions state that conferral requires counsel to actually talk.
Two Conferral Certificates: Before Filing AND Before Setting Hearing — Division CV-E
CV-E layers a second conferral on top of Rule 1.202: certify conferral before filing the motion (Exhibit A) and again before scheduling it for hearing (Exhibit B).
No Local Rule 4 Conferral, No Hearing — Division AH
Judge Scott cancels hearings outright when counsel skip the Local Rule 4 duty to speak to one another and attempt reasonable compromise.
Conferral Means at Least THREE Good-Faith Attempts — Division JA/JM
Judge Small quantifies meet-and-confer: reasonable efforts require at least three good-faith attempts by the moving party, certified in every Notice of Hearing — and the NOH may be filed only after the JA's confirmation e-mail.