The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Indiana
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Ind. Admin. Rule 17; Ind. Criminal Rule 4; inherent authority
- Issued
- 2020-11-10 Nov. 10, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-10
- End
- Remote authority to July 1, 2021 (extended until further order by the May 7, 2021 order); mask direction until further order (read as 2021-07-01)
- In force
- Nov. 10, 2020 to July 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all Indiana trial courts
- all participants in in-person court proceedings
- Functions reached
- CT
- CS client meetings (hearings remote)
- CL
- Collection
- Indiana IN
Operative words
Despite these efforts, there have been outbreaks as a result of court proceedings and operations.... At a minimum, however, all trial courts should do the following until further direction is given by this Court: 1. Communicate with local bar associations and attorneys to maximize the use of remote proceedings... 2. Require all participants of in-person court proceedings to wear appropriate masks or face shields... throughout the proceedings except for witnesses, who may remove their masks for the limited period of providing a verbal response to questions... 4. Minimize in-person proceedings in non-essential matters where remote proceedings will be as effective.
Enforcement
Supreme Court direction; AR 17 petitions available for tolling and suspension of all jury trials
Notes
Records court-linked outbreaks, mistrials and a court employee's death; the judicial layer of the winter 2020-21 re-tightening.