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

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Deadline

5 business days

Counsel and self-represented parties must exchange the listed documents at least 5 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).

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At least two weeks before the TMC—or before trial or hearing if no TMC is scheduled—counsel must exchange proposed exhibits and bring two copies to court.

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.

CRITICAL

The parties must exchange the required trial and hearing documents with one another under the procedures in Section D.

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

Applies to

Exhibits

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.

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.

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The parties must exchange the required Case Date documents with one another under the procedures in Section D.

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.

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

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Except for documents covered by Sections D(2) and (3), documents exchanged under the order must be placed in the court file and copies served on each other appearing party under 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.

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

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

For a motion the moving party intends to pursue on the Case Date, the party must provide proposed exhibits 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

Counsel must disclose proposed hearing exhibits to opposing counsel and self-represented parties before the hearing day, allowing sufficient time for review and communication about exhibits that may be admitted without objection.

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.

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.

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When referrals are made, DCF must give the respondent, the respondent’s counsel, and the child’s counsel written notice of the referrals and any 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

Applies to

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.

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

A party seeking removal must give proper notice to all appearing counsel, self-represented parties of record, and any guardian ad litem of record.

any party who seeks the removal of counsel for the minor child or the guardian ad litem for the minor child shall do so by filing a motion with the court, with proper notice to all appearing counsel, self-represented parties of record and any guardian ad litem of record.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

When a party has both a current self-representation appearance and an attorney appearance, the required proposed-exhibit exchange need only be made 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.

WARNING

An appearing attorney is presumed able to view electronic exhibits unless the attorney gives notice of inability at least ten days before the proceeding; a self-represented party is presumed unable unless the stated exception applies.

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.