Superior Court, Judicial District of Danbury, Connecticut Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Discovery motions and objections require good-faith efforts to resolve the dispute and an affidavit reporting those efforts filed with the Request for Adjudication; otherwise, the court will not consider them and may summarily deny them without prejudice.

Motions and objections about discovery will not be considered by the court (and may be summarily denied without prejudice) unless an affidavit is filed with the Request for Adjudication that states that counsel and self-represented parties have made good faith efforts to resolve the dispute.

WARNINGCriminal cases

If changes to a proposed agreement are needed, the parties should be informed and a case status conference should be scheduled before the motion is submitted to the court.

If it is determined that changes to the proposed agreement are necessary, parties should be informed, and a CSC should be scheduled to discuss the needed changes prior to the submission of the motion to the court;

INFOCivil cases

Oral argument on motions is discretionary with the court, except when it is a matter of right under Practice Book Section 11-18(a)(1) and (2).

Oral argument on motions is at the discretion of the court, except as a matter of right under Practice Book Section 11-18 (a)(1) and (2).