{"id":"SC-053","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty","authority":"S.C. Const. art. V, § 4","instrument":"Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01)","title":"Resumption of in-person proceedings March 15, 2021 and jury trials April 5, 2021 under safety plans","dateIssued":"2021-02-26","effective":"2021-03-15 (in-person proceedings and grand juries); 2021-04-05 (jury trials)","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-03-15","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["circuit, family, probate and master-in-equity courts statewide"],"clause":"Most recently, jury trials, grand juries, and other in-person proceedings were halted in all courts statewide... IT IS ORDERED that Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts statewide may begin holding in-person proceedings, other than jury trials, on Monday, March 15, 2021.... All courts statewide when conducting in-person proceedings shall continue to observe proper safety protocols... including... July 30, 2020 Order Regarding Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses... IT IS FURTHER ORD[E]RED that Circuit Courts statewide may begin holding jury trials on Monday, April 5, 2021.","enforcement":"Jury-trial safety plans submitted to Court Administration for approval","functions":["CT courts","PJ litigation","WF jurors"],"notes":"Recites the Dec. 3, 2020 (jury trials), Dec. 9, 2020 (grand juries) and Jan. 6/8, 2021 (in-person proceedings) orders; a companion order (2021-02-26-02) covered summary courts.","sourceUrl":"https://www.sccourts.org/media/courtOrders/HTMLFiles/2021-02-26-01.htm","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260406214905/https://www.sccourts.org/media/courtOrders/HTMLFiles/2021-02-26-01.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":44593,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-053","citation":"Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01) (Ex. SC-053)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-064","SC-065"]}