Superior Court, Judicial District of New Britain, Connecticut Document Format Requirements

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.

CRITICAL

Filed motions, pleadings, and documents must show the newly assigned docket number, including its prefix, and the specified court and docket designation at the top.

All motions, pleadings, and documents filed with the court shall have the newly assigned docket number, including the prefix assigned, for example "X____", and shall say "Superior Court, Complex Litigation Docket at ______" at the top.

CRITICAL

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.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Exhibit documents submitted electronically for paperless civil hearings and trials 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

Exhibits must be copied single-sided.

All exhibits shall be copied single sided.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Parentage documentation must be in PDF format and legible, with names and dates of birth.

Any documentation in support of parentage shall be scanned in a PDF format and uploaded to E-services. Documentation shall be legible with names and dates of birth.

CRITICALCivil cases

Format

PDF

Exhibit documents submitted 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

Exhibit documents submitted for hearings and trials on paperless civil files must be in PDF format, subject to the stated electronic-services exemption.

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

Format

PAPER

At the conference, the court determines which designated record contents, if any, must be transmitted in paper format because 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.

CRITICALCivil cases

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, continuance requests must be in writing unless an emergency occurs.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the following orders apply. All requests must be timely and in writing unless an emergency occurs.