[RPPTL LandTen] Pro Se Eviction Forms Update

[Neil B. Shoter]

As mentioned in our Committee Meeting today, we received recently
comments to the Pro-Se Landlord/Tenant litigation forms from Florida
Legal Services.    This has taken us off the October Board of Governors'
meeting track for approval of our Committee's revisions to the forms.
As you know, our Committee and the RPPTL Section approved the forms with
our edits in April.
 
In general, the comments from Legal Services appear to be almost
exclusively confined to comments to the Notes to the forms, with very
minor edits to the forms themselves.    They appear to me to be mainly
clarifications of language quoted from statutes and not substantive
changes to the form's original intent.
 
I have made changes to Forms/Notes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 as shown on the
attached blackline.    I did not agree with Comments A1 and A22.  Making
changes based on Legal Services comments are not mandatory -- but if we
are unresponsive, then Legal Services may offer opposition to the forms
when they move forward to the Supreme Court for final approval.
 
If you have any comments or changes, kindly provide them to me by no
later than Friday, October 3rd.   Absent comments, I will forward the
revised forms back to the BAR.   
 
I appreciate your time.
 
Neil.
 
Neil B. Shoter 
Partner  
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