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

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