{"id":2817,"date":"2024-09-30T20:24:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/statewide-judicial-emergency-declared-in-wake-of-cyclone-helene\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T20:24:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:24:49","slug":"statewide-judicial-emergency-declared-in-wake-of-cyclone-helene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/statewide-judicial-emergency-declared-in-wake-of-cyclone-helene\/","title":{"rendered":"Statewide Judicial Emergency Declared in Wake of Cyclone Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs has issued a declaration of a one-month statewide judicial emergency period extending filing requirements due to the effects of Tropical Cyclone Helene, extending &#8220;across the lines of individual circuits such that relief is warranted beyond the scope of local judicial emergency orders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <!----> <!----> <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>The nature of this emergency is the continued effects of Helene affecting those who are required to work or practice in Georgia courts. The declaration affects &#8220;all courts in the State as it relates to all judicial proceedings, but with relief limited to those cases in which a party or interested person has been affected by Helene and satisfies the condition precedent as provided below.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <!----> <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>The declaration &#8220;suspends, tolls and extends time schedules or filing requirements imposed by otherwise applicable statutes, rules, regulations or court orders, whether in civil or criminal cases or administrative matters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <!----> <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>Parties seeking relief shall certify in relevant judicial proceedings that the\u00a0storm&#8217;s effects have prevented timely action. To be effective, this certificate must include all of the following information:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!---->  <!----> <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;1. An identification of what deadline, time schedule, and\/or filing requirement as to which the Relief is sought;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <!----> <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>2. An explanation of how the action taken by the party or interested person is now timely upon application of the\u00a0Relief;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <!----> <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>3. A statement that the effects of Helene have prevented the party or interested person from timely compliance with\u00a0that deadline, time schedule, and\/or filing requirement and also prevented belated compliance materially earlier than the time of certification;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!---->  <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>4. A brief explanation of what those effects were and how they prevented earlier compliance (not to exceed 100 words);<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <!----> <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>5. A statement that the certification is made with the knowledge that the statements contained within it are made subject to the provisions of OCGA \u00a7 16-10-20, 16-10-20.1, and other provisions of state law and rules of professional conduct prohibiting false statements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <!----> <!----><\/p>\n<div data-v-1b187944=\"\">\n<p>The declaration includes a model certificate and notes that the relief imposed &#8220;shall not displace, extend or shorten broader relief imposed by local judicial emergency orders. 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