Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.546

ACTIVE AND INACTIVE CASE STATUS

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RULE 2.546. 	ACTIVE AND INACTIVE CASE STATUS
(a) 	Required Stay.
(1) 	Notice of Inactive Status. A party must promptly file
a notice to place a case on inactive status when the party knows a
case pending in a trial court is required to be stayed, including
when a court has imposed a stay or when a stay is imposed by
operation of bankruptcy law. The case is treated as inactive on filing
the notice unless the court orders otherwise.
(2) 	Notice of Active Status. A party must promptly file a
notice to remove a case’s inactive status after learning of an event
that makes inactive status unnecessary. The case is treated as
active on filing the notice unless the court orders otherwise.
(b) 	Requested Stay.

 

 
(1) 	Motion to Place on Inactive Status. A party may move
to place a case on inactive status for bona fide reasons. Unless the
parties stipulate that a pending appellate ruling in an entirely
separate case is dispositive of a material issue in the case, the case
will not be placed on inactive status absent extraordinary
circumstances.
(2) 	Motion to Place on Active Status. A party must
promptly move to restore a case to active status when
circumstances make inactive status unnecessary.
(3) 	Service; Order on Change of Status. The filer must
serve a copy of the motion and a proposed order on the presiding
trial judge at the time the motion is filed. The court must promptly
issue an order granting or denying the motion. An order granting
the motion to change the case status must contain the reason for
the change in case status. On issuance of an order changing the
case status, the clerk must promptly adjust the status in the
docket.
(c) 	Deadlines Tolled. All deadlines in a case management
order issued under rule 1.200 or rule 1.201 will be tolled from the
date a case is placed on inactive status until the date the case is
restored to active status.

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