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

CRITICALCivil cases

Discovery motions and objections require good-faith efforts to resolve the dispute, and an affidavit stating those efforts must be filed with the Request for Adjudication; the court may summarily deny without prejudice if the requirement is unmet.

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.

WARNING

If changes to a proposed agreement are needed, the parties should be informed and a Case Status Conference scheduled 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;