{"id":"VT-054","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)","authority":"A.O. 49 § 5(d)","instrument":"Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020)","title":"Presumption that Superior Court hearings are scheduled for remote participation","dateIssued":"2020-12-22","effective":"2020-12-22","end":"Mandatory remote-hearing rule lifted effective June 14, 2021 (VT-056); expired portions deleted June 25, 2021 (VT-057)","startDate":"2020-12-22","endDate":"2021-06-14","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","TELE"],"addressees":["Superior Court","parties, witnesses and participants"],"clause":"Paragraph 5(d) of Administrative Order 49, concerning remote hearings, is amended to establish a presumption that, with some exceptions including jury trials and evidentiary hearings in juvenile and criminal matters, hearings in the Superior Court will be scheduled for remote participation by parties, witnesses, and other participants... Due to the rising incidence of COVID-19 throughout Vermont, the amendment minimizes gatherings of people within courtrooms.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT","PJ","CL/SV foreclosure and collection hearings remote"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://vtcourts.gov/media/12608","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":98572,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VT","url":"/library/VT-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VT-054","citation":"Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020) (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. VT-054)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-056","VT-057","VT-049","VT-053","VT-055"]}