Superior Court, Judicial District of Fairfield, Connecticut Filing Rules

Only proposed exhibits brought to the trial management conference will be designated on the exhibit list.

Objections must be filed within 30 days after the permanency plan is filed with the court.

For a Case Date, counsel and self-represented parties must exchange and file the listed documents at least five business days beforehand.

Self-represented parties may submit exhibits electronically through the E-Services site, but electronic submission is optional for them.

An attorney scheduled for a contested hearing must disclose that assignment to any other Superior Court judge who assigns or attempts to assign the attorney elsewhere at the same date and time.

The court may reschedule the hearing if counsel has not recently contacted the child or youth or the court letter is incomplete.

Redactions to proposed exhibits must be discussed and efforts made to resolve them before the trial management conference.

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

To request argument on a non-arguable motion, mark it “Take Papers” and file a Request for Argument (JD-CV-128); argument will not occur on the short-calendar day, and any permitted or required argument will be scheduled later.

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