Superior Court, Judicial District of New Britain, Connecticut Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Informed consent agreement

The ZTT Community Coordinator must provide copies of the Agreement to DCF, the parent, and the parent’s and child’s counsel 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

The filing party must serve copies of covered documents on each other appearing party in the manner prescribed by Practice Book § 10-13, except for documents covered by Sections D(2) and (3).

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

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

Counsel must disclose proposed hearing exhibits to opposing counsel and self-represented parties before the hearing day with enough time for review and prompt responses, and counsel and self-represented parties must confer in good faith in advance to resolve objections.

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. Counsel and self-represented parties are directed to confer in advance in a good faith effort to resolve objections without the need for court intervention.

CRITICAL

The motion must be accompanied by proper notice to all appearing counsel, self-represented parties of record, and any guardian ad litem of record.

Pursuant to Public Act 14-3 Sec. 4, 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.

CRITICAL

Deadline

2 business days

Applies to

Exhibits

A party offering exhibits on an opposing party’s motion must provide them to the opposing party and, for a remote Case Date, the court at least two business days beforehand.

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.

CRITICAL

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

E. 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.

CRITICAL

DCF must give the respondent, the respondent’s counsel, and the child’s counsel written notice of when referrals were made and any waitlist and its approximate duration.

B. 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

Deadline

5 business days

Counsel and self-represented parties must exchange the required documents at least five 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).

CRITICALCivil cases

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, a party whose continuance is granted must give written notice to the opposing party.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the following orders apply. If the continuance is granted by the Court, the requesting party must give written notice to the opposing party.

CRITICAL

Counsel must exchange proposed exhibits and bring two copies to court at least two weeks before the TMC, or before trial or hearing if no TMC is scheduled.

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.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Case status update

The DCF Social Worker must provide copies of the 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.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Exhibits

Unless Section D(2)(a) applies, parties must exchange paper or digital exhibit copies separately from 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.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

For electronically submitted exhibits, the submitter must give written notice to each appearing party able to view them and provide paper or digital copies to appearing parties unable to view them.

Where applicable court procedures require or allow the electronic submission of proposed exhibits, a party (the “submitter”) shall be in compliance with the requirements of this order as to exhibits if, by the time required in this order, the submitter submits the exhibits to the court electronically and (i) gives written notice of such submission to each other appearing party who has the ability to view exhibits submitted electronically, and (ii) provides paper or digital copies to each other appearing party who does not have the ability to view exhibits submitted electronically.

WARNING

Applies to

Notice of inability to view electronic exhibits

An appearing attorney is presumed able to view exhibits electronically unless the attorney notifies the submitter of inability at least ten days before the proceeding.

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.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

If a party has both a current self-representation appearance and an attorney appearance, compliance requires exchanging proposed exhibits only 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

Applies to

Proposed exhibits

A self-represented party is presumed unable to view exhibits electronically unless the party submitted exhibits electronically for the proceeding or gave the submitter written confirmation of that ability.

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.