{"id":"MET-AUS-062","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Travis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law)","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Travis County Civil and Family Courts","authority":"Emergency Orders of the Supreme Court of Texas (35 as of the effective date), the Governor\u0027s, Travis County\u0027s and the City of Austin\u0027s orders, as recited; Administrative File No. GN-61-121012","instrument":"Fourth Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (effective March 1, 2021)","title":"Fourth Amended Emergency Order (all hearings and trials held remotely; remote jury trials; in-person proceedings not to resume until safe)","dateIssued":"2021-03-01","effective":"2021-03-01","end":"Not stated; successor not in library (the Supreme Court\u0027s Fortieth Emergency Order, Ex. TX-040, required local court health protocols adopted before September 1, 2021 to be readopted)","startDate":"2021-03-01","endDate":"2021-09-01","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all parties, counsel and jurors in Travis County civil and family courts"],"clause":"1.... the Travis County Civil and Family Courts have suspended in-person hearings and jury trials, but are holding remote hearings and a limited number of remote jury trials. This Fourth Amended Emergency Order replaces the Third Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19, which was effective on June 29, 2020.... 2. All hearings and trials are being held remotely and shall continue to be scheduled or re-scheduled as set out below.... b. Remote jury trials are being held during jury weeks. In-person hearings, bench trials, and jury trials will not resume until the Travis County Civil and Family Courts determine that it is safe to do so, in coordination with public health officials, the Office of Court Administration, the Texas Supreme Court, and various Travis County and City of Austin departments. 3.... The twice daily Uncontested Docket is suspended until further notice.... 8. Attorneys and litigants are advised that in-person hearings will be granted for good cause only...","enforcement":"Court administrative order","functions":["CT all civil and family proceedings remote; in-person trials suspended (legal services; lenders, title companies and landlords with litigation)","WF jurors, witnesses and court staff","CRT courthouse access"],"notes":"The court instrument in force on March 10, 2021 (GA-34), July 1, 2021 and, absent a successor in the library, September 30, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.traviscountytx.gov/courts/civil/civil-courts-covid-19-information","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":380233,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-062","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-062","citation":"Travis County Civil and Family Courts, Fourth Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (effective March 1, 2021) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-062)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-040","MET-AUS-061"]}