The 2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022 Special Session A and 2023 Special Session B)
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In the July 2, 2020, opinion in this case, the Court amended Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420 (Public Access to and Protection of Judicial Branch Records); Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure 8.805 (Commencement of Proceedings), 8.810 (Petition), 8.815 (Counsel), 8.820 (Hearing), 8.830 (Transcripts), and 8.835 (Confidentiality of Records); and Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure Forms 8.987 (Petition for Judicial Waiver of Parental Consent to or Notification of and Consent to Termination of Pregnancy), 8.988 (Sworn Statement of True Name and Pseudonym), 8.990 (Final Order Granting Petition for Judicial Waiver of Parental Consent to or Notice of and Consent to Termination of Pregnancy), 8.991 (Final Order Dismissing Petition for Judicial Waiver of Parental Consent to or Notice of and Consent to Termination of Pregnancy), and 8.992 (Minor's Petition to Chief Judge to Require a Hearing on Her Petition for Judicial Waiver of Consent or Notice and Consent). These amendments were in response to legislative changes to section 390.01114, Florida Statutes (2019), which as amended in 2020 requires parental consent to the termination of pregnancy procedure performed on a minor…
The Legislature has now passed Florida CS for CS for SB 404, amending section 390.01114(5) to require, in addition to the existing notice requirement, parental consent to the termination of pregnancy procedure performed on a minor. Additionally, as relevant here, Florida CS for CS for SB 406 created section 390.01118(1), Florida Statutes, to make confidential and exempt from the public's right to access under article I, section 24(a) of the Florida Constitution any information held by a circuit or appellate court that could be used to identify a minor who petitions the court for a waiver from the statutory requirement that a parent or legal guardian consent to the termination. The new legislation is effective on July 1, 2020. Fla. SB 404, § 6 (2020); Fla. SB 406, § 3 (2020).