Rule 14-6.1 - BINDING NATURE; ENFORCEMENT; AND EFFECT OF FAILURE TO PAY AWARD(a)Binding Determination. The parties to a proceeding under these rules are bound by the terms of the arbitration award subject to those rights and procedures to set aside or modify the award provided by chapter 682, Florida Statutes, or by the terms of an agreement reached in mediation.(b)Enforcement of Determination. In addition to any remedy authorized in this chapter, an arbitration award may be enforced as provided in chapter 682, Florida Statutes.(c)Effect of Failure to Pay Award. Failure of a member of the bar to pay an award within 30 days of the date on which the award became final, without just cause for that failure, will cause the member to be delinquent and ineligible to practice law, as provided elsewhere in these rules defining delinquent members.Added April 6, 1989 (542 So.2d 975). Amended July 23, 1992, effective 1/1/1993 (605 So.2d 252); Renumbered and Renamed May 20, 2004, (SC03-705) (875 So.2d 448); December 20, 2007, effective 3/1/2008 (978 So.2d 91). Amended April 12, 2012, effective 7/1/2012 (SC10-1967); amended Jan. 4, 2019, effective 3/5/2019 (SC18-1683).Comment
Lack of funding, alone, does not constitute just cause under this rule.