Changes in the System

The architecture of the legal system in Florida underwent a sea change on July 1, 2012.  No, it was not the acceptance of gay marriage or any other major change in your rights.

The Florida Supreme Court ordered that all court filings, except the filing of original new cases, be done electronically, by e-mail.  That is, when one of us files a motion or other document in the court file we must e-mail that document to the Clerk of Court, and to the opposing attorney.

Shapiro Blasi Wasserman & Gora P.A. is ahead of the curve in this bold new step as having been chosen as one of a few firms in Palm Beach County to operate the “beta” model of this system for the last several months.

When fully in place the electronic system will save the court system and private law firms thousands of dollars daily in the cost of paper, ink, current storage, and archived storage.

As you know many of you in divorce court represent yourselves.  At this point the electronic filing system does not apply to you.  Eventually the system will probably apply to all legal filings by everyone.

Clearly there will be glitches from time to time as the system matures and grows.  The final result may be even more beneficial than we can now imagine.  Welcome to the brave new electronic world of court filings.