Superior Court, Judicial District of Ansonia-Milford, Connecticut Filing Rules

The child’s attorney must submit the child’s position in writing before or at the hearing; the report should include details about the consultation and the child’s views.

DCF must file a status report one week before the in-court review.

Self-represented parties may submit exhibits electronically through the E-Services site using the “E-File an Exhibit” option.

For a motion the moving party intends to pursue on the Case Date, the party must provide its proposed exhibits to the opposing party and, for a remote Case Date, to the court, following Section D(2).

Only a CSO or another court representative may relay changes to the evaluator, unless the court order expressly authorizes another party to contact the evaluator.

If counsel cannot attend a scheduled court matter, counsel must seek a motion for continuance or request the court’s permission in advance to submit a position letter.

Records must not be disclosed to the parties until after the motion hearing and the listed providers have had the opportunity to be heard as stated in their notice.

Supporting parentage documentation must be scanned in PDF format.

The listed applications, motions, and objections receive a separate hearing notice even if they have not been marked Ready.

Parties must bring two copies of proposed exhibits to the trial management conference: a court copy and a bench copy.