In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Clarifying the Extension of Deadlines

The record

Jurisdiction

Tennessee

Level

Court

Authority

Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49

Issued

2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020

Effective

Mar. 31, 2020 (read as 2020-03-31)

End

With the deadline extensions of the Mar. 25 and Apr. 24, 2020 orders (read as 2020-04-24)

In force

Mar. 31, 2020 to Apr. 24, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all courts, litigants and counsel

Functions reached

• CL/OF statutes of limitation and filing deadlines tolled and extended (lenders, insurers, lawyers, collection)

Collection

Tennessee TN

Operative words

On March 13, 2020, the Tennessee Supreme Court entered an order activating a Continuity of Operations Plan which included an extension of deadlines. On March 25, 2020, the Court entered an order which included a further extension of deadlines. The Court now deems it necessary to clarify certain provisions of those orders addressing the extension of deadlines.

Enforcement