ZOOM HEARINGS ON NA CASES Washtenaw County Trial Court May 2020 1 - PDF document

ZOOM HEARINGS ON NA CASES Washtenaw County Trial Court May 2020 1 1

Weekly N Notification t to Pa Parties ■ APA sends reminder list of cases on each jurist’s NA docket week prior with names of APAs on duty each day and caseworker names for each case. ■ Referee sends docket chart with notes on specific cases referee has questions about or determines hearing is needed on some cases. ■ Notices go to: – Attorneys, APAs, and L-GALs – DHHS director, supervisors 2 No Notif tification t cation to Cour Court ■ Attorneys request Zoom hearing by 5:00 day prior. ■ Invitations sent to attorneys for Zoom hearings. ■ Attorneys responsible to contact clients, forward invitations. 3 1

Options Options ■ Zoom hearing with or without clients. ■ No Zoom hearing. Referee goes on record to adjourn. ■ No Zoom hearing. Parties stipulate to an order without a hearing. Jurist adopts or modifies order. Note: With all options, next hearing date is set; notices and judge-signed orders emailed to attorneys. Attorneys forward to clients . 4 Institutions Institutions ■ Minors at residential facilities via video or phone ■ Video with jail (Huron Valley Women’s?) ■ Phone for prisons 5 2

Hearings Hearings Dif Different Ju erent Jurists, rists, Dif Differen erent A t Adaptations aptations ■ Preliminary Hearings, Emergencies, Saturdays, Pre-trials ■ Adjudication by plea or bench trial (no juries) ■ Disposition, review hearings, PPH, TPR, Post- TPR, JG hearings, IVE Overrides / Placement hearings, and contested motions. 6 Managing the Pr Managing the Process: ocess: Behind the Camera Behind the Camera ■ Invitation ■ Lock the hearing ■ Advise participants to mute their mics ■ Make participants aware of background noise and what the camera can see ■ Record the hearing ■ Advise IT department of hearings recorded ■ It's all about the bandwidth 7 3

Case Conf Case Conferences, P erences, Peacemaking, acemaking, Mediation Mediation ■ SCAO Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) ■ Dispute Resolution Center: mediation / peacemaking services on NA docket for ~ 4 years. ■ Pre-trial case conferences and peacemaking circles or mediation on NA cases. ■ Coming Soon: Zoom conflict resolution on NA docket. 8 4