Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

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Seventeenth Judicial Updates Supreme Court, Governor and other Agency Updates

2021-16-Temp – Court Operations & Judicial Proceedings During Phase 2 of COVID-19   Effective April 12, 2021

Broward County Court In-Person Guidelines   Posted March 17, 2021

Temporary Procedures for Bond Hearings; In Custody Change of Plea Hearings; and other Hearings    Posted March 2nd, 2021

Notice Regarding Operations   Revised February 24, 2021

2020-92-TEMP — Temporary Procedures for Proceedings to Determine Incapacity

2020-93-GEN — Case Resolution and Case Management During COVID-19

Operational Plan for Phase 2 Court Operations  Entered October 15, 2020

2020-80-Temp – Health & Safety Requirements in Courthouse Facilities During COVID-19  *Amended March 15, 2021

Press Release: Clerk of Courts’ Offices to Open June 1, 2020  Published May 22, 2020

NOTICE: Amended Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Misdemeanor Plea Docket    Published April 23, 2020

Zoom Announcement for Attorneys   Published April 13,2020

Administrative Order 2020-31-Temp (Regarding Failure to Appear Custody Orders in Juvenile Delinquency Cases)     Published April 2, 2020

Administrative Order 2020-30-Temp (Parenting in Domestic Relations Cases)   Published April 2, 2020

Administrative Order 2020-29-Temp (Modifying and/or Suspending In-Person Visitation for Children Under the Protective Supervision of the Department of Children and Families)   Published March 30, 2020

Safe Steps Public Safety Announcement

Supreme Court AOSC20-32-In-re-COVID-19-Public-Health-and-Safety Amended March 26, 2021

Supreme Court AOSC20-23, In re: Comprehensive COVID-19 Emergency Measures for the Florida State Courts  Amended March 26, 2021

CDC Order Temporarily Halting Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19  Published September 1, 2020

Supreme Court Memo-re-Recommendations-for-Priority-to-Resume-In-Person-Trial-Court-Proceedings  Published May 22, 2020

Best Practices Developed by COVID-19 Workgroup – 2020-05-11-Memo  Published May 11, 2020

Supreme Court AOSC20-24, Extending Court Mediator Education & Certification Deadlines  Amended December 16, 2020 

Supreme Court AOSC20-21 – Order on Continuing Judicial Education Deadlines    Published March 31, 2020

Supreme Court AOSC20-20 – Order on Court Language Interpreter Regulations     Amended December 16, 2020 

Family First Coronavirus Relief Act     Published March 30, 2020