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Rule 12.540 of the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure not only provides the vehicle for a party to seek relief from a judgment, but the rule also extends the time limit for a party to submit a motion to set aside a judgment due to fraudulent financial affidavits in that party's divorce or paternity case.

1.270(a), “(w)hen actions involving a common question of law or fact are pending before the court, it may order a joint hearing or trial of any or all the matters in issue in the actions; it may order all the actions consolidated; and it may make such orders concerning proceedings therein as may tend to avoid ...

Rule 1.200, as rewritten, now requires courts to assign each case a “track” within 120 days of filing. 2 Judges may do this by issuing case management orders, or the chief judge of each circuit may issue an administrative order defining the deadlines for each track.

(a) Subpoena Generally. Subpoenas for testimony before the court, subpoenas for production of tangible evidence, and subpoenas for taking depositions may be issued by the clerk of court or by any attorney of record in an action.

Rule 1.730 - COMPLETION OF MEDIATION (a) No Agreement. If the parties do not reach an agreement as to any matter as a result of mediation, the mediator shall report the lack of an agreement to the court without comment or recommendation.

Without leave of court, any party may serve on any other party written interrogatories to be answered (1) by the party to whom the interrogatories are directed, or (2) if that party is a public or private corporation or partnership or association or governmental agency, by any officer or agent, who must furnish the ...

(d) Affirmative Defenses. When a party has mistakenly designated a defense as a counterclaim or a counterclaim as a defense, the court, on terms if justice so requires, shall treat the pleading as if there had been a proper designation.

(a) Procedure for Use. If the supreme court has approved a form of interrogatories for the type of action, the initial interrogatories on a subject included therein shall be from the form approved by the court. A party may serve fewer than all of the approved interrogatories within a form.

This rule is designed to eliminate the need of taking a deposition of a records custodian when the person seeking discovery wants copies of the records only. It authorizes objections by any other party as well as the custodian of the records. If any person objects, recourse must be had to rule 1.310.