In re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.530 & Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.530, SC22-756, 2022 WL 3650789, (Fla. Aug. 25, 2022).
On August 25, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court amended the text of Rule 1.530(a) to require a motion for rehearing to preserve an appeal based on the sufficiency of the trial court’s findings in a final judgment. The new language, which is effective immediately, states: “To preserve for appeal a challenge to the sufficiency of a trial court’s findings in the final judgment, a party must raise that issue in a motion for rehearing under this rule.” 1.530(a), Fla. R. Civ. P.