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Ex. VT-049 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Administrative Order No. 49

Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court Procedures

Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator) · Vermont (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Vermont
Level
Court
Authority
Vt. Const. ch. II, § 30; 4 V.S.A. § 1; 12 V.S.A. § 1
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 (memo dated Mar. 17, 2020) (read as 2020-03-16)
End
Initially to April 15, 2020; extended to May 31, 2020 (Apr. 9), Sept. 1, 2020 (May 13, VT-051), Jan. 1, 2021 (Aug. 20, VT-052), Mar. 31, 2021 (Dec. 4, VT-053), May 31, 2021 (Mar. 8, VT-055), July 5, 2021 (May 12, VT-056), Sept. 7, 2021 (June 25, VT-057), Nov. 1, 2021 (Sept. 1, VT-061), Jan. 1, 2022 (Oct. 14, VT-062) and Mar. 1, 2022 (Nov. 4, VT-063) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all Vermont courts and the Judicial Bureau
  • litigants, attorneys, jurors and the public entering Judiciary buildings
  • Judiciary employees
Functions reached
  • CT courts, hearings, jury trials, clerks' windows
  • PJ law-firm litigation and closings
  • CL foreclosure and eviction dockets
  • SV collections
  • CB
Collection
Vermont VT

Operative words

the Supreme Court declares a judicial emergency, effective immediately and extending until April 15, 2020. To minimize risks to public health, the Court has suspended all nonemergency superior court hearings, suspended judicial bureau hearings, allowed appearance by telephone or video for nonevidentiary hearings, and allowed filing by email. The Court has also limited access to Vermont Judiciary buildings until March 30, 2020.

Enforcement

Administrative order of the Supreme Court; Court Administrator directives on building entry (PG-11, PG-13); denial of entry

Notes

Amendments of March 18 (remote nonemergency hearings), March 20 (email filing; remote mediation; Judiciary employees confined to assigned buildings or teleworking), March 24 (building access restricted for the duration; committee meetings remote), March 25 (courthouse access limited to participants), April 6 (jury draws and trials suspended to May 15; remote oaths; July bar exam suspended), April 9 (emergency to May 31), April 13 (email service), April 21 (masks in courthouses, VT-050), April 30, May 13 (VT-051), June 19 (screening protocols delegated to the Court Administrator), July 17, July 23 (CARES Act certifications in eviction and foreclosure cases), Aug. 20 (VT-052), Oct. 5 (criminal jury trials no longer formally suspended), Nov. 2, Nov. 24, Dec. 4 (VT-053), Dec. 22 (VT-054), Mar. 8, 2021 (VT-055), Apr. 8, 2021 (venue for jury trials), May 12, 2021 (VT-056), June 25, 2021 (VT-057), Sept. 1, 2021 (VT-061), Oct. 14, 2021 (VT-062), Nov. 4, 2021 (VT-063), Nov. 15, 2021, Jan. 5 and Jan. 14, 2022 (28th and 30th amendments).

Retrieval note

Graded verified_secondary because the exhibit is the Judiciary's own memorandum describing the order rather than the order's text; every memo in the chain (VT-048 to VT-063) is an official Judiciary document read in full.

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