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

CRITICALCivil cases

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.

If a party is asking the Court to hear argument on any non-arguable motion, mark the motion "Take Papers" and file a Request for Argument (JD-CV-128). No argument will take place on the day of the short calendar. If the court allows, or requires argument on the motion, the clerk will schedule a hearing at a later date and notify the parties of the hearing date.

CRITICAL

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, parties must make good-faith efforts to resolve discovery disputes and file an affidavit stating those efforts with the Request for Adjudication; otherwise, the court will not consider the motion or objection and may summarily deny it 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. See Practice Book Sections 13-8 (c) and 13-10 (i).

WARNING

If changes to a proposed agreement are needed, the parties should be informed and a CSC scheduled to discuss them 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

A party may request a decision on the papers for an arguable motion by marking it “TAKE PAPERS”; the Court may decide on the papers or require argument, which will be scheduled for a later hearing.

A party can request that the Court decide a motion listed as arguable (ARG) by reviewing the papers by marking the motion �TAKE PAPERS.� It is in the Court�s discretion to decide the matter by reviewing the papers or to require argument. If the Court requires argument on the motion, the clerk will schedule a hearing at a later date and notify the parties of the hearing date.