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Ex. VT-051 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Tenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 13, 2020)

Judicial emergency extended to September 1, 2020; nonemergency hearings resume June 1; jury trials suspended (criminal to Sept. 1, 2020; civil to Jan. 1, 2021)

Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar) · Vermont (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Vermont
Level
Court
Authority
A.O. 49 §§ 2-4
Issued
2020-05-13 May 13, 2020
Effective
Some provisions immediately; hearing provisions June 1, 2020 (read as 2020-06-01)
End
Superseded by later amendments (VT-052, VT-053) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
June 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • superior courts
  • Judicial Bureau
  • litigants and jurors
Functions reached
  • CT jury trials
  • PJ litigation (civil jury trials suspended eight months)
  • CB
Collection
Vermont VT

Operative words

The order amends § 2 to extend the judicial emergency until September 1, 2020. The order amends § 3, effective June 1, 2020, to lift the suspension of nonemergency hearings in the superior court and provide instead that jury trials are suspended in criminal cases until September 1, 2020, and in civil cases until January 1, 2021.

Enforcement

Order of the Supreme Court