Superior Court, Judicial District of Litchfield, Connecticut Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

No notice will be sent for future dates set in court or at conferences; absent counsel must obtain the date and time from the clerk’s office and promptly notify the client.

A notice will not be sent to counsel or parties for future dates set in court or at conferences; counsel who is absent from court or conferences shall obtain the future date and time from the clerk’s office and shall promptly notify their client.

CRITICAL

Counsel for an incarcerated party must confirm with the Clerk’s Office, as necessary, whether the court has issued a writ of habeas corpus.

Counsel for an incarcerated party shall, as necessary, confirm with the Clerk’s Office that the court has issued a writ of habeas corpus.

CRITICALCivil cases

The party who filed a Request for Adjudication must promptly notify the court officer in writing if the matter is resolved or no longer requires adjudication.

The party filing a Request for Adjudication shall contact the court officer promptly in writing if a motion or objection is resolved or no longer requires adjudication.

CRITICAL

An attorney with a contested hearing must disclose that assignment to a judge making a conflicting assignment and immediately notify the Presiding Judge if the assignments conflict.

Each attorney scheduled for any contested hearing in the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters shall disclose the assignment to each Superior Court judge who subsequently assigns or attempts to assign the attorney to appear elsewhere on the same date and time. If a subsequent assignment conflicts with the prior assignment, the attorney shall immediately notify the Presiding Judge at the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters where the prior trial or contested hearing is to take place.

CRITICAL

Counsel and self-represented parties must not contact the evaluator before the evaluation is complete.

There shall be no contact between counsel or self-represented parties and the evaluator prior to the completion of the evaluation;

CRITICAL

After the report is filed, court staff may distribute it to counsel of record, but may release it to self-represented parties or parents only under a court order.

After the evaluation report has been filed with the court, the CSO or another representative of the court may distribute copies of the report to all counsel of record but not parents or other self-represented parties. Releasing copies of the report to self-represented parties or directly to parents can only be done upon an order of the court authorizing such a release.

CRITICAL

Changes to the evaluation order require court approval and may be relayed to the evaluator only by a CSO or other court representative unless the order expressly authorizes another party to contact the evaluator.

Any changes to the initial court order authorizing the evaluation must be approved by the court and can be relayed to the evaluator only by a CSO or another representative of the court unless the court order explicitly authorizes another party to contact the evaluator;

WARNING

Parties must not submit proposed-exhibit copies to the court in advance unless the proceeding is remote, and must report to the courtroom clerk at least 15 minutes before the proceeding to mark exhibits.

Parties shall not submit copies of proposed exhibits in advance to the court unless the proceeding is to be held by remote means, but shall report to the courtroom clerk at least fifteen (15) minutes before the assigned time for the proceeding in order to complete the marking of exhibits.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

A telephone marking must provide the case’s calendar position, name and docket number, motion entry number and title, marker’s name and applicable law firm, and confirmation that parties of record were notified.

The following information is required when making a telephone marking: The position of the case on the calendar The name and docket number of the case The entry number and title of the motion The full name of the person making the marking and the law firm name, if applicable Confirmation that counsel and self-represented parties of record have been notified of the marking

WARNING

After the judge signs the order, the CSO should coordinate scheduling with the evaluator and family and forward authorized documents and collateral-contact information to the evaluator.

Once the court order is signed by the judge, the CSO should work with the appointed evaluator and the family to schedule the evaluation and forward all authorized documents and collateral contacts information to the evaluator;

WARNING

Contact

Phone

Do not call the clerk’s office to confirm delivery; the electronic Short Calendar Markings Confirmation and Receipt confirms receipt of a marking.

Please do not call the clerk�s office to confirm delivery. The Short Calendar Markings Confirmation and Receipt produced upon completion of the electronic Short Calendar Markings Entry transaction is the confirmation that the marking has been received.

WARNING

If the primary trial settles, clerk’s office staff may, with the presiding judge’s approval, contact parties on the backup calendar and expect their cases to be trial ready.

If the primary trial settles, the clerk’s office staff, with the approval of the presiding judge, may contact the parties on the back-up calendar list and expect the case to be trial ready.

INFOCivil cases

A party may request assistance resolving a deposition dispute through a conference by contacting the Civil Caseflow Office in the Judicial District where the matter is located.

A party seeking resolution of a deposition dispute may request assistance with the resolution of the deposition dispute via conference by contacting the Civil Caseflow Office in the Judicial District where the matter is located. The parties will be notified should the court decide that an immediate conference is in order

INFOCivil cases

Contact

Email

Questions may be directed by email to Ron Ferraro, Court Officer, Complex Litigation, Waterbury.

Please direct questions to Ron Ferraro, Court Officer, Complex Litigation, Waterbury Ronald.Ferraro@jud.ct.gov

INFOCivil cases

Contact

Email

Questions may also be directed by email to Amanda Lamore, Court Officer, Complex Litigation, Waterbury.

or Amanda Lamore, Court Officer, Complex Litigation, Waterbury Amanda.Lamore@jud.ct.gov.