Superior Court, Judicial District of Fairfield, Connecticut Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

The Clerk’s Office must send written notice of the evaluation’s date, time, and place to all counsel, self-represented parties, and the people being evaluated.

Written notice of the date, time and place for the evaluation shall be sent by the Clerk’s Office to all counsel, self-represented parties and the parties being evaluated.

CRITICALCivil cases

The DCF Social Worker must provide copies of the case status update to all counsel of record one week before the ICR.

The DCF Social Worker will file a written case status update with the Court and provide copies for all counsel of record one week in advance of the ICR.

CRITICAL

DCF must give the respondent, the respondent’s counsel, and the child’s counsel written notice of when referrals were made and whether there is a waitlist and its approximate duration.

DCF shall provide written notice to the respondent party and their counsel and the child’s counsel when the referrals were made and whether there is a waitlist and the approximate waitlist time.

CRITICAL

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

For Case Dates, counsel and self-represented parties are ordered to exchange with each other and file with the court, in the manner set forth in Section D, the following documents not less than five (5) business days before the Case Date.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

Unless Section D(2)(a) applies, the parties must exchange paper or digital exhibit copies independently of the court file by the applicable deadline.

Except to the extent that Section D(2)(a) applies, paper or digital copies of exhibits shall be exchanged by the parties, independent of the court file, by the time required in this order.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion to remove amc or gal

The motion must be accompanied by proper notice to all appearing counsel, self-represented parties of record, and any guardian ad litem of record.

with proper notice to all appearing counsel, self-represented parties of record and any guardian ad litem of record.

CRITICAL

Except for documents covered by Sections D(2) and (3), the filing party must serve copies on each other appearing party as prescribed by Practice Book Section 10-13.

Except for the documents covered by Sections D(2) and (3), all documents to be exchanged under this order shall be placed in the court file, and the filing party shall serve copies of same upon each other appearing party in the manner prescribed by Practice Book Section 10-13.

CRITICAL

Counsel must exchange proposed exhibits at least two weeks before the TMC, or before trial or hearing if no TMC is scheduled.

At least two weeks prior to a trial management conference (TMC) or trial/hearing, if no TMC is scheduled, all counsel shall exchange proposed exhibits and bring two copies to court.

CRITICALCivil cases

The ZTT Community Coordinator must provide copies of the Agreement to DCF, the parent, the parent’s attorney, and the child’s attorney or GAL.

Copies of the Agreement are to be provided by the ZTT Community Coordinator to DCF, the parent and the parent’s attorney and the child’s attorney/GAL.

CRITICAL

Deadline

2 business days

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

A party offering exhibits on an opposing party’s motion must provide copies to the opposing party and, for a remote Case Date, the court at least two business days beforehand.

A party who intends to offer exhibits with respect to a motion filed by the opposing party must provide copies of such exhibits to the opposing party (and, if the Case Date is to be held by remote means, to the court) at least two business (2) days before the Case Date, notwithstanding the five business day requirement as to other Case Date compliance.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

A moving party pursuing a motion on the Case Date must provide proposed-exhibit copies to the other party and, for a remote Case Date, to the court under Section D(2).

As to any motion that a moving party intends to pursue on the Case Date, such party shall provide copies of the party’s proposed exhibits to the other party (and, if the Case Date is to be held by remote means, to the court) in accordance with the procedures described in Section D(2).

CRITICALCivil cases

If the Court grants a continuance, the requesting party must give written notice to the opposing party.

If the continuance is granted by the Court, the requesting party must give written notice to the opposing party.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Citation

Citations must be re-issued unless the court orders otherwise.

Note: all citations must be re-issued unless the court orders otherwise.

CRITICAL

For trials and hearings, counsel and self-represented parties must exchange and file the listed documents at least five business days before the assigned date.

Counsel and self-represented parties are ordered to exchange with each other and file with the court, in the manner set forth in Section D, the following documents not less than five (5) business days before the assigned trial or hearing date.

CRITICAL

Deadline

5 business days

Counsel and self-represented parties must exchange the listed documents at least five business days before the assigned trial or hearing.

For trials and hearings, counsel and self-represented parties shall exchange and file with the Court, the following documents not less than 5 business days before the assigned trial or hearing date(s).

WARNING

An appearing attorney is presumed able to view electronic exhibits unless the attorney gives the submitter at least ten days’ advance notice otherwise; a self-represented party is presumed unable unless the stated conditions establish ability.

An attorney who appears for a party shall be presumed to have the ability to view exhibits electronically unless the attorney notifies the submitter at least ten (10) days before the proceeding of an inability to do so. A self-represented party shall be presumed not to have the ability to view exhibits electronically unless said party has also submitted exhibits for the proceeding electronically, or the submitter has received said party’s written confirmation of the ability to view exhibits submitted electronically.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

If a party has both a current self-representation appearance and an attorney appearance, proposed exhibits need only be exchanged with the attorney.

If a party has both a current self-representation appearance and a current appearance by an attorney in a case, compliance with this order shall require only the exchange of proposed exhibits with the attorney.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Hearing exhibits

Counsel must disclose proposed hearing exhibits to opposing counsel and self-represented parties before the hearing day with sufficient review time, and the parties must confer in good faith in advance to resolve objections.

Counsel must disclose to opposing counsel and self-represented parties all exhibits proposed to be offered at the hearing prior to the day of the hearing, in sufficient time for counsel to review the proposed exhibits of the other party and promptly communicate to opposing counsel which documents may be offered without objection, and therefore be made full exhibits. Counsel and self-represented parties are directed to confer in advance in a good faith effort to resolve objections without the need for court intervention.