Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.560

Discovery in Aid of Execution

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RULE 1.560. 	DISCOVERY IN AID OF EXECUTION
(a) 	In General. In aid of a judgment, decree, or execution the
judgment creditor or the successor in interest, when that interest
appears of record, may obtain discovery from any person, including
the judgment debtor, in the manner provided in these rules.
(b) 	Fact Information Sheet. In addition to any other
discovery available to a judgment creditor under this rule, the
court, at the request of the judgment creditor, must order the
judgment debtor or debtors to complete form 1.977, including all
required attachments, within 45 days of the order or other
reasonable time as determined by the court. Failure to obey the
order may be considered contempt of court.
(c) 	Final Judgment Enforcement Paragraph. In any final
judgment, the judge must include the following enforcement
paragraph if requested by the prevailing party or attorney:
“It is further ordered and adjudged that the judgment
debtor(s) must complete under oath Florida Rule of Civil
Procedure Form 1.977 (Fact Information Sheet), including all
required attachments, and serve it on the judgment creditor’s
attorney, or the judgment creditor if the judgment creditor is
not represented by an attorney, within 45 days from the date
of this final judgment, unless the final judgment is satisfied or
post-judgment discovery is stayed.
Jurisdiction of this case is retained to enter further
orders that are proper to compel the judgment debtor(s) to
complete form 1.977, including all required attachments, and
serve it on the judgment creditor’s attorney, or the judgment
creditor if the judgment creditor is not represented by an
attorney.”
(d) 	Information Regarding Assets of Judgment Debtor’s
Spouse. In any final judgment, if requested by the judgment

creditor, the court must include the additional Spouse Related
Portion of the fact information sheet on a showing that a proper
predicate exists for discovery of separate income and assets of the
judgment debtor’s spouse.
Committee Notes
1972 Amendment. The rule is expanded to permit discovery
in any manner permitted by the rules and conforms to the 1970
change in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 69(a).
2000 Amendment. Subdivisions (b)–(e) were added and
patterned after Florida Small Claims Rule 7.221(a) and Form 7.343.
Although the judgment creditor is entitled to broad discovery into
the judgment debtor’s finances, Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280(b); Jim
Appley’s Tru-Arc, Inc. v. Liquid Extraction Systems, 526 So. 2d 177,
179 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), inquiry into the individual assets of the
judgment debtor’s spouse may be limited until a proper predicate
has been shown. Tru-Arc, Inc., 526 So. 2d at 179; Rose Printing Co.
v. D’Amato, 338 So. 2d 212 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).
Failure to complete form 1.977 as ordered may be considered
contempt of court.
2013 Amendment. Subdivision (e) was deleted because the
filing of a notice of compliance is unnecessary for the judgment
creditor to seek relief from the court for noncompliance with this
rule, and because the Fact Information Sheet itself should not be
filed with the clerk of the court.

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