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2025 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 20. JUDICIAL EMERGENCY ACT
§ 2005. Emergency sessions of court.
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§ 2005. Emergency sessions of court.
(a) When the Chief Justice makes the determination that a court shall conduct proceedings outside its county, the Chief Justice may order emergency sessions of court in another county. In making this determination, the Chief Justice shall make a reasonable effort to consult with the chief judge and the court administrator of the affected court, the other members of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General, and the Chief Defender.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall preempt the authority of each court to make a temporary move within the county, or in the case of the Supreme Court, within the State, as provided for in § 1903 of this title.
77 Del. Laws, c. 30, § 1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 26, § 2;
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