Rule 3.050. ENLARGEMENT OF TIME

RULE 3.050. ENLARGEMENT OF TIME

When by these rules or by a notice given thereunder or by

order of court an act is required or allowed to be done at or within a

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specified time, the court for good cause shown may, at any time, in

its discretion (1) with or without notice, order the period enlarged if

a request therefor is made before the expiration of the period

originally prescribed or extended by a previous order or (2) upon

motion made and notice after the expiration of the specified period,

permit the act to be done when the failure to act was the result of

excusable neglect; but it may not, except as provided by statute or

elsewhere in these rules, extend the time for making a motion for

new trial, for taking an appeal, or for making a motion for a

judgment of acquittal.

Committee Notes

1968 Adoption. Taken from the Florida Rules of Civil

Procedure.

1972 Amendment. Same as prior rule.