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New Jersey Courts To Resume Some Operations While Others Remain Suspended

TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - New Jersey's Supreme Court issued an order Friday resuming operations of some courts, and extending the deadline for other court activities.

Jury trials are now suspended until May 31. Also on hold until then: Landlord-tenant trials and grand juries.

Civil arbitration and marital settlement panels will resume April 27.

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Municipal court sessions will resume on May 11 by video and phone, and if the parties consent, court sessions can resume on April 27.

Foreclosure motions received after March 1 will not be reviewed, and the suspension of evictions continues.

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