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

CRITICAL

Format

PAPER

For a remote proceeding, paper copies of proposed exhibits must be submitted to the Clerk’s Office at least two business days before the proceeding.

If the proceeding is to be held by remote means, paper copies of proposed exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk’s Office at least two (2) business days before the date of the proceeding.

CRITICAL

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 files for all hearings and trials, at least two business days prior to the start of evidence.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Parentage documentation must be scanned in PDF format.

Any documentation in support of parentage shall be scanned in a PDF format and uploaded to E-services.

CRITICAL

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 files for all hearings and trials, at least two business days prior to the start of evidence.

CRITICALCivil cases

Format

PDF

Exhibit documents electronically submitted by attorneys and law firms 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 matters, for all hearings and trials.

WARNING

Exhibits must be copied single-sided.

All exhibits shall be copied single sided.

WARNING

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

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.

WARNINGCivil cases

Each foreclosure-judgment document and each uploaded original must be submitted individually using the appropriate document title.

All documents necessary to obtain Judgment of Foreclosure as set forth in the Uniform Procedures for Foreclosure Judgment Presentation Instructions (JD-CV-78) except original notes, mortgage deeds, and assignment of mortgages, must be e-filed individually, using the appropriate title of the document. The original note, mortgage deed, and assignment of mortgage must be uploaded individually as an electronic exhibit using the appropriate title of the document.

WARNING

The exhibit list must index plaintiff exhibits as P plus a number and defendant exhibits as 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.