Message from the Trial Court on Court Operations Through January 8, 2021

 

The Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries will remain closed for public on-site visits and circulation during the week of December 7, 2020.   

Given today's announcement by the Trial Court, it is possible that we may not re-open until January 8, 2021.  For further updates, please visit our website.

Message from the Trial Court on Court Operations Through January 8, 2021 

In light of the major increase in COVID-19 infections in Massachusetts and experience with court staff testing and courthouse closures, the Trial Court will extend the reduction of in-person court operations begun on November 27 through January 8, 2021. Courthouses will remain open during this time, and Trial Court staff will be maximizing remote work and leveraging the technologies in place to conduct operations remotely. 

The reduction of in person hearings has the potential to significantly limit presymptomatic individuals from entering courthouses, and reduces the potential of those individuals infecting others.   

Trial Court leaders have concluded that this plan is the best approach to balancing the need to provide access to courts and protecting the health and safety of court staff and court users. 

To the extent possible, matters already scheduled during this time will be held as virtual proceedings. Parties, attorneys and court users with questions about matters scheduled during this time should contact the appropriate clerk’s, register’s, or recorder’s office.

Massachusetts Trial Court

Plymouth Law Library

52 Obery Street, Suite 0117

Plymouth, MA 02360

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/trial-court-law-libraries