Superior Court, Judicial District of New Haven, Connecticut Filing Rules

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

When reasonably practicable, records-disclosure motions for substance abuse records and qualified-protective-order motions for protected health information must be filed before trial or the hearing.

Attorneys and law firms without an electronic-services exemption must electronically submit exhibits in PDF format in paperless Civil matters, subject to listed physical-format exceptions; electronic submission is optional for self-represented parties.

Unless Section D(2)(a) applies, parties must exchange paper or digital exhibit copies independently of the court file by the applicable deadline.

Exhibits must be copied single-sided.

Counsel who is absent without a valid excuse may not receive a continuance for a scheduling conflict.

As necessary, counsel for an incarcerated party must confirm with the Clerk’s Office that the court has issued a writ of habeas corpus.

Covered records must not be disclosed to the parties until after the motion hearing and the listed providers have had an opportunity to be heard.

Unless the court orders otherwise, motions listed as not being pursued on the Case Date are scheduled for the next Case Date, or for trial if there is no next Case Date.

Parties must bring a court copy and a bench copy of proposed exhibits to the TMC.