The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3
- Issued
- 2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16
- End
- Superseded by the First Omnibus Order (Mar. 27, 2020) and successors (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- Superior Court and Tax Court (trial level) in all counties
- attorneys and litigants
- Functions reached
- CT courts closed to in-person proceedings
- CS client meetings and hearings for law firms
- CL closings and title matters dependent on court and clerk functions
- Collection
- New Jersey NJ
Operative words
"Our plan is to limit physical interactions in our courts to the greatest extent possible and shift to use video and phone conferencing options for attorneys, litigants, and the public."... "1. All in-person court proceedings scheduled for Monday, March 16, and Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at the trial level of the Superior Court and the Tax Court are postponed in all counties, except for proceedings listed in paragraph 3 below. a. Attorneys and litigants scheduled to appear for in-person matters should not come to court and should await notice of a new hearing date"... "c. Ongoing jury trials also will continue as announced in the March 12, 2020 notice".
Enforcement
Judiciary administrative directive
Notes
Professional services: the Superior Court moved to remote operations on March 16, 2020.
Retrieval noteRead from the Internet Archive's raw capture.