{"id":"TN-049","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee Supreme Court","authority":"Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49","instrument":"In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings","title":"Order Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings","dateIssued":"2021-02-12","effective":"Mar. 1, 2021 (termination-of-parental-rights cases) and Mar. 15, 2021 (all other in-person proceedings)","end":"Jury suspension through Mar. 31, 2021; courthouse mask, distancing and capacity requirements until modified May 14, 2021","startDate":"2021-03-01","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","MASK","CAP","QUAR"],"addressees":["all courts; all persons entering courthouses"],"clause":"3) The suspension of all jury trials remains in effect through the close of business on Wednesday, March 31, 2021... 4) All in-person court proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the approved comprehensive written plan for the judicial district... a) Any permitted in-person court proceedings shall be limited to attorneys, parties, witnesses, security officers, court clerks, and other necessary persons... b)... all persons entering a courthouse or other building in which court facilities are located for the purpose of court business... [shall wear a face covering]... c) Individuals who have come into close contact with someone who has COVID-19 should quarantine until the tenth (10th) day following the exposure without testing or until the seventh (7th) day following the exposure with a negative test result","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court; judicial-district plans","functions":["CT in-person proceedings resumed Mar. 15, 2021 under capacity, distancing and mask rules; jury trials resumed Mar. 31, 2021","QUAR exposed persons excluded"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/docs/covid-19_revised_order_2-12-21.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210213010641/https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/docs/covid-19_revised_order_2-12-21.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":258775,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-049","citation":"Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-049)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-048","TN-047","TN-050"]}