Superior Court, Judicial District of Danbury, Connecticut Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

A contested evaluation request must be made by written motion and assigned for short calendar.

A request for an evaluation that the parties do not agree to shall be made by written motion and assigned for short calendar.

CRITICALCivil cases

Format

PDF

Exhibit documents submitted electronically by attorneys and law firms without an electronic-services exemption must be in PDF format.

Attorneys and law firms without an exemption from electronic services must submit electronically in PDF format all exhibit documents on paperless Civil matters, for all hearings and trials.

CRITICAL

Exhibits must be copied single-sided.

All exhibits shall be copied single sided.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Parentage-supporting documentation must be scanned in PDF format.

Any documentation in support of parentage shall be scanned in a PDF format

CRITICAL

Exhibits must comply with Practice Book § 4-7 regarding personal identifying information.

All exhibits shall comply with Practice Book § 4-7 regarding personal identifying information.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Electronically submitted exhibit documents must be in PDF format.

Attorneys and law firms without an exemption from electronic services must submit electronically in PDF format all exhibit documents on paperless civil files for all hearings and trials, at least two business days prior to the start of evidence.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Exhibit documents submitted under this requirement must be in PDF format.

Attorneys and law firms without an exemption from electronic services must submit electronically in PDF format all exhibit documents on paperless civil files for all hearings and trials, at least two business days prior to the start of evidence.

CRITICAL

Exhibits longer than five pages must be paginated at the bottom of each page.

Any exhibit over five (5) pages shall be paginated at the bottom of the page.

WARNING

At the conference, the court must determine whether any designated record contents should be transmitted in paper format because they are difficult to reproduce or review electronically.

At the conference, the court shall also determine which, if any, of the designated contents of the record shall be transmitted to the parties and/or the court in paper format because such papers are either difficult to reproduce electronically or difficult to review in electronic format.

WARNING

Plaintiff exhibits must be indexed with P plus a number, and defendant exhibits with D plus a letter.

A list of exhibits each party reasonably expects to introduce in evidence, indexed by P plus a number for the plaintiff, and D plus a letter for the defendant, with a brief description of each exhibit, indicating whether any party objects to the admission of the exhibit and if so, including a statement of the grounds for the objection if known.