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

CRITICAL

All exhibits must be copied single-sided.

All exhibits shall be copied single sided.

CRITICAL

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

Any exhibit over five (5) pages shall be paginated at the bottom of the page.

CRITICALCivil cases

Format

PDF

Exhibit documents submitted electronically for hearings and trials in paperless Civil matters 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.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

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

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

Parentage-supporting 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 for hearings and trials on paperless civil files 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.

WARNING

At the conference, the court must determine whether designated record contents should be transmitted in paper format when they are difficult to reproduce or review electronically.

At the conference, the court shall also determine which, if any, of the designated contents of the record shall be transmitted to the parties and/or the court in paper format because such papers are either difficult to reproduce electronically or difficult to review in electronic format.