{"id":"MI-025","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Michigan","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Michigan Supreme Court","authority":"Mich. Const. 1963, art. 6, § 4; ADM File No. 2020-08","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 2020-14","title":"Continued Status Quo Court Operations and Phased Return to Full Court Operations","dateIssued":"2020-05-06","effective":"2020-05-06","end":"2021-07-26 (rescinded by order entered July 26, 2021)","startDate":"2020-05-06","endDate":"2021-07-26","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","CAP","GATH"],"addressees":["all trial courts","the State Court Administrative Office"],"clause":"courts must adhere to the phased return to operations as determined by policy guidelines established by the State Court Administrative Office. Such policies will include but may not be limited to: Continued use and expansion of remote hearings as practicable... including increased remote work by employees. Continued limited access to courtrooms and other spaces to no more than 10 persons, including staff. Imposition of social distancing practices of at least 6 feet for both employees and visitors. Limited in-person court activity to essential functions that cannot be conducted remotely.... Courts must maintain their current level of operations until SCAO approves a court\u0027s plan to expand in-court proceedings.... These conditions remain in effect until further order of the Court.","enforcement":"Superintending control; SCAO gating approval required before any court expanded in-person proceedings","functions":["CT courts, clerks and public offices","CL closings, probate and title","SV evictions, collections and foreclosures","PJ litigation-dependent work"],"notes":"The \u0027Return to Full Capacity\u0027 phases governed every Michigan trial court from May 6, 2020 until July 26, 2021; text read in the compilation (Ex. MI-080), pp. 413-414.","sourceUrl":"https://courts.michigan.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/rules/court-rules-admin-matters/Administrative%20Orders/2020-08_2020-05-06_FormattedOrder_AO2020-14.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200515155628/https://courts.michigan.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/rules/court-rules-admin-matters/Administrative%20Orders/2020-08_2020-05-06_FormattedOrder_AO2020-14.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":54776,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MI","url":"/library/MI-025","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MI-025","citation":"Michigan Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-14 (May 6, 2020) (Ex. MI-025)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["MI-080","MI-019","MI-016","MI-034","MI-008","MI-035","MI-004"]}