{"id":"SEC-12-034","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"12","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia","authority":"O.C.G.A. § 38-3-60 et seq.","instrument":"Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020), as amended","title":"Statewide Judicial Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-14","effective":"2020-03-14 through 2020-04-13 (initial term)","end":"Extended by successive orders through June 30, 2021 (extension chain not read here)","startDate":"2020-03-14","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts and clerk\u0027s offices in the State","the bar"],"clause":"HEREBY ORDER AND DECLARE a Statewide Judicial Emergency in the State of Georgia... affecting all courts and clerk\u0027s offices in the State... To the extent feasible, courts should remain open to address essential functions... the undersigned hereby suspends, tolls, extends, and otherwise grants relief from any deadlines or other time schedules or filing requirements","enforcement":"Judicial emergency order","functions":["CT litigation, probate, real estate closings dependent on clerk\u0027s offices"],"notes":"Jury trials suspended statewide from March 2020; grand juries resumed in stages from Oct. 2020;","sourceUrl":"https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CJ-Melton-amended-Statewide-Jud-Emergency-order.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2287709,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-12","url":"/library/SEC-12-034","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-12-034","citation":"Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020), as amended (Ex. SEC-12-034)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["SEC-12-GM-122"]}