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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide) · Delaware
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 3 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024); 10 Del. C. § 2004
- Issued
- 2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-31 08:00 (read as 2020-03-31)
- End
- 2020-05-29 (civil jury trials) as written; extended to June 13, 2020 by SO No. 7 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-031) (read as 2020-05-29)
- In force
- Mar. 31, 2020 to May 29, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants and counsel
- the public
- Functions reached
- CT courts and agencies (all non-essential civil matters postponed)
- SV servicing and collections
- CL closings (litigation-dependent transactions)
- Collection
- State courts AGY-ST-COURTS
Operative words
1. Civil Jury Trials. All Civil Jury Trials are suspended through and including May 29, 2020. Trials scheduled to begin between April 15, 2020 and May 29, 2020 will be rescheduled by the assigned judge as early as reasonably practicable. All deadlines are suspended for the submission of pretrial stipulations, proposed jury instructions, and motions in limine... 2. Civil Proceedings. Essential matters as the court may allow... To the extent possible, these matters will continue through the use of video and telephone instead of in-person appearances... Non-essential matters will be postponed until further notice.
Enforcement
Standing order of the court under Supreme Court AO No. 3
Notes
Recites AO No. 3's closure of 'all public courthouses in the State until April 15, 2020'.
Retrieval noteIssue date taken from the court's file name for the original SO No. 4 ('3-30-2020'); the amended order's own date line was not in the pages read.