Administrative Order No. 2020-06-05

The record

Jurisdiction

Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties) · Orlando · Florida

Level

Court

Authority

Fla. Const. art. V, sec. 2(d); Fla. Stat. 40.001, 43.26, 905.01; Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.215; AOSC20-23 (Amendments 1-4) and AOSC20-32

Issued

2020-06-26 June 26, 2020

Effective

2020-06-29

End

Superseded by AO 2020-06-06 (Jan. 14, 2021, nunc pro tunc Jan. 11, 2021), which vacated it

In force

June 29, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capCourts and public offices

Addressees

• everyone entering court facilities in Orange and Osceola Counties

Functions reached

• CT courts and clerks (civil, family, probate, foreclosure, eviction, landlord-tenant)
• WF jurors and witnesses
• CL closings dependent on court filings

Collection

Orlando MET-ORL

Operative words

(1) Beginning June 29, 2020... the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court is transitioning from Phase 2 (limited in-person contact is authorized for certain purposes and requires use of protective measures) back to Phase 1 (in-person contact is inadvisable, court facilities are effectively closed to the public, and in-person proceedings are rare)... (5) Public access to court facilities is hereby limited to counsel for the parties and the litigants involved in an in-person or hybrid court proceeding, and visitors to the offices of the clerk of court.... (8)... All other jury proceedings, including grand jury proceedings, jury selection proceedings, and criminal and civil jury trials, shall remain suspended until 30 days after the chief judge... has determined that the circuit... has transitioned to Phase 2.

Enforcement

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