{"id":"ME-067","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Maine Supreme Judicial Court","authority":"Rulemaking authority; M.R. Civ. P. 28(a)","instrument":"PMO-SJC-2 (Consolidating, Ratifying, and Superseding the Previous Orders)","title":"PMO-SJC-2: Administration of Oaths at Depositions; Electronic Filing; Deadlines; In-Person Contacts with Children and Families; Oral Depositions; Electronic Signatures","dateIssued":"2020-03-30","effective":"As revised May 13, May 20, June 4, Dec. 14, 2020, Mar. 30, 2023","end":"Subdivisions (B)-(E) rescinded by PPMO-SJC-1(I) (2021); (A), (F), (G) continuing","startDate":"2020-12-14","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["courts, attorneys, notaries, child-protective agencies"],"clause":"Since March 13, 2020, in light of public health concerns arising from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Maine\u0027s Judicial Branch issued a number of Emergency Orders in order to adhere to the guidance provided by the Maine and United States Centers for Disease Control and in order to comply with the Governor\u0027s Executive Orders.... Until further order of this Court, at any deposition taken pursuant to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure... [oaths may be administered remotely]","enforcement":"Court rule","functions":["CT litigation practice","OF law firms (remote depositions)"],"notes":"Subdivision (E) required child-protective contacts by video or telephone during the pandemic (rescinded 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.maine.gov/covid19/pmo-sjc-2.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":66788,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ME","url":"/library/ME-067","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ME-067","citation":"Maine Supreme Judicial Court, PMO-SJC-2 (Consolidating, Ratifying, and Superseding the Previous Orders) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. ME-067)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-071","ME-069"]}