“Washtenaw County Courts not yet re-opening for in-person services,” reported Washtenaw County Legal News on Thursday, June 11, 2020 (page 4).

Courts in Washtenaw County were not allowed to re-open for in-person business on June 8 when many other governmental offices began doing so.

Courts operate under the direction of the State Court Administrative Office, which has asked courts to implement an incremental approach to re-opening consisting of four phases, depending on data from the health department and local hospitals.

Courts must be in each phase for at least 14 days and have the support of the local health department before the State Court Administrative Office will consider courts to move to the next, ‘more open’ phase ….