RALEIGH — Chief Justice Cheri Beasley announced today that, starting next week, most District and Superior Court cases will be continued for a month, in order to help stem the spread of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
There will be some exceptions to this 30-day freeze, including preliminary criminal proceedings (including the issuance of warrants and bonds, as well as hearings for probable cause). Court clerks will continue to handle estate, guardianship, and other issues. Domestic violence protective orders will also still be issued.
Beasley noted that Governor Roy Cooper’s statement that North Carolinians should avoid gatherings of 100 people or more had presented a new challenge for the state’s courts, where thousands of people come and go every day. Beasley said that while the court’s work must continue, her first responsibility was to the “health and safety of the public.”
“Effective Monday, March 16, I’m ordering that most District and Superior Court cases be continued for at least 30 days,” Beasley said, noting that there would be some “limited exceptions.”
Beasley said the move would reduce the exposure in crowded courtrooms were several hundred people can congregate at the once. Beasley also encouraged local judicial officials to grant relief to those who were sick or believe that they have been exposed to the coronavirus, allowing them to postpone court dates.
Director of N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts McKinley Wooten detailed some of the exceptions to the 30-day continuance.
“Specifically, preliminary criminal proceedings such as bond and probate or probable cause hearings will continue to be held,” Wooten said. “All victims of domestic violence will continue to have access to the courts and protective orders. Magistrates will continue to issues warrants and will perform marriages.”
Hearings in from of clerks, including estate and guardianship proceedings, will also continue, Wooten said.
Wooten also noted that certain hearings that were suited to being held remotely by telephone or teleconference could continue at the discretion of judges.
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