{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-014","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide trial court of general jurisdiction)","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)","authority":"Inherent administrative authority of the Superior Court over its proceedings; Del. Const. art. IV","instrument":"Standing Order No. 1 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary Measures","title":"First Superior Court standing order: telephonic proceedings favored; notice-and-confer requirements for trials involving possibly infected or exposed persons","dateIssued":"2020-03-09","effective":"2020-03-09","end":"Supplemented by Standing Orders Nos. 2-7 (Exs. AGY-ST-COURTS-015 to -019, -031); expiration dates extended to June 13, 2020 by Standing Order No. 7","startDate":"2020-03-09","endDate":"2020-06-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","QUAR"],"addressees":["litigants, practitioners, witnesses and jurors in the Superior Court"],"clause":"NOW, THEREFORE, it is HEREBY ORDERED, this 9th day of March, 2020, that the Superior Court will implement the following precautionary measures, which will remain in place until further order of the Court: 1. The Court will consider conducting proceedings telephonically when it believes it would be practicable and efficient to do so... 2.... Any attorney or self-represented party appearing in a case shall promptly provide written notice... if such attorney or party reasonably believes that a scheduled trial or in-person hearing may require or cause the presence of an individual who (i) may be infected with COVID-19 or (ii) has been in contact within the past fourteen (14 days) with an individual who may be infected","enforcement":"Standing order of the court; non-compliance addressed by the court\u0027s contempt and scheduling powers","functions":["CT courts and agencies"],"notes":"Earliest instrument in the Delaware chain (before the Governor\u0027s emergency declaration of Mar. 12, 2020).","sourceUrl":"https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=120208","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":15598,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-014","citation":"Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden), Standing Order No. 1 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary Measures (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-014)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-015","AGY-ST-COURTS-016","AGY-ST-COURTS-017","AGY-ST-COURTS-018","AGY-ST-COURTS-019","AGY-ST-COURTS-031"]}