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Ex. MET-AUS-061 Order Primary source read

Third Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (filed June 15, 2020; effective June 29, 2020)

Third Amended Emergency Order (in-person hearings suspended to June 29, 2020; jury trials to at least August 17, 2020; remote hearings; docket procedures)

Travis County Civil and Family Courts (District Judges and County Court at Law Judges) · Travis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Travis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law) · Austin · Texas
Level
Court
Authority
Emergency Orders of the Supreme Court of Texas; the Governor's disaster declaration; the Travis County and City of Austin stay-at-home orders, as recited; Administrative File No. GN-61-121012
Issued
2020-06-15 June 15, 2020
Effective
2020-06-29
End
2021-03-01 (replaced by the Fourth Amended Emergency Order, Ex. MET-AUS-062) (read as 2021-03-01)
In force
June 29, 2020 to Mar. 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • all parties, counsel and jurors in Travis County civil and family courts
Functions reached
  • CT civil and family dockets: in-person hearings suspended, jury trials deferred, remote Zoom hearings (legal services, title and lending litigation, family practice)
  • WF jurors, witnesses and court staff
  • CRT courthouse access limited
Collection
Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

1. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of disaster declared by the Governor, the Stay-at-Home Orders issued by Travis County and the City of Austin, and the Emergency Orders that have been issued by the Supreme Court of Texas, and to protect the due process rights and public health of all citizens, the Travis County Civil and Family Courts have suspended in-person hearings until June 29, 2020, and all jury trials until at least August 17, 2020. This Order sets out a plan for returning to the Travis County Central Docket on June 29, 2020, and replaces the Second Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19, which was effective on May 8, 2020. Please be advised that most hearings after June 29, 2020 will continue to be held remotely, at the discretion of the judges... 8. Attorneys and litigants are advised that in-person hearings will be granted for good cause only...

Enforcement

Court administrative order

Notes

Recites the Second Amended Emergency Order (effective May 8, 2020; not in library). The instrument in force on the first day of 2020 Q3, through 2020 Q4 and on the first day of 2021 Q1.

Retrieval note

Filed June 15, 2020, 4:32 p.m.).

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