Trial Courts Announced Subject to Change What is called a Triage Plan to Reduce the Number of People in Court.

Probate and Family Court Standing Order 1-20

District Court – [https://www.mass.gov/doc/district-court-standing-order-1-20-court-operations-under-the-exigent-circumstances-created-by/download]

Please look at the links for the most up to date information. This is not official.

It is still can change but it appears in District Court that Jury Trials that have not begun that are between March 13^th and April 17^th shall be continued no earlier than April 21^st.

Absence in some sort of exceptional circumstances in particular criminal matters that are scheduled between March 18^th and May 1^st.  If somebody is not in custody should be continued to the first business day no less than sixty (60) days from the scheduled event or by agreement of the parties or their respective clerk’s office but not before May 4^th.

Show Cause Hearings for Applications for Complaints filed between March 18^th and May 1^st shall be scheduled to take place on a date set by the clerk not before May 4^th. 

The link describes continuances including for arraignments, bench trials, default warrant removals and so forth that are provided in greater details in the link or the press release.