Superior Court, Judicial District of Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICALCriminal cases

Records disclosed under the standing order must not be disclosed again unless a subsequent court order specifically authorizes it.

Records disclosed pursuant to this standing order shall not be further disclosed, except as specifically authorized by a subsequent order of the court.

CRITICAL

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

The records shall not be disclosed to the parties until after the hearing on the motion and the providers listed in the motion have had an opportunity to be heard, as provided in their notice.

CRITICALCivil cases

The clerk will seal electronic exhibits uploaded to obtain a foreclosure judgment at the hearing.

Electronic Exhibits uploaded in order to obtain Judgment of Foreclosure will be sealed by the clerk at the time of the hearing.

CRITICAL

Documentation containing personal identifying information must be redacted in accordance with Practice Book 4-7.

Any documentation with personal identifying information shall be redacted in accordance with Practice Book 4-7.

CRITICALCriminal cases

CSSD must disclose the requested information in accordance with its protocol.

Disclosure of said information by the Judicial Branch’s Court Support Service Division (CSSD) shall be in accordance with CSSD protocol.

CRITICAL

Court-ordered evaluations and examinations are confidential and may be used or shared only as appropriate in the pending case unless the court first authorizes otherwise.

All court ordered evaluations and examinations are confidential and are solely for the uses/purposes in the pending case(s) for which the order was granted. No court ordered evaluation, in part or whole, shall be transmitted, released, or used orally or in writing other than as appropriate in the pending juvenile case(s), unless there is a prior order of the court authorizing such transmission, release, or use.

CRITICAL

Records subject to this section must not be removed from the courthouse.

No records subject to this section shall be removed from the courthouse.

WARNING

Records ordered disclosed to the parties must be reviewed at court.

Any records ordered by the court to be disclosed to the parties shall be reviewed at court.

WARNINGCriminal cases

When a police officer arrests a child for a delinquent act and seeks a probable-cause finding and detention order, the standing order authorizes release to that officer of the listed information about the child.

Accordingly, pursuant to General Statutes Sections 46b-124 (e) and 46b-121 (b) (l), effective September 1, 2021, when a police officer arrests a child for a delinquent act and seeks a judicial finding of probable cause and an order to detain the child, this standing court order authorizes the following release of information to the requesting police officer: the child’s (l) prior unerased adjudications and/or convictions; (2) pending offenses; (3) probation status; (4) current court orders and/or conditions of release.

INFOCivil cases

All information required on Judicial Branch Superior Court Family and Family Support Magistrate Court forms that constitutes personally identifying information as defined by Connecticut Practice Book section 4-7(a) is deemed by this order to be within the section 4-7(b) exception to redaction requirements as information “…otherwise required by law or ordered by the court.”

All information required on Judicial Branch Superior Court Family and Family Support Magistrate Court forms that constitutes personally identifying information as defined by Connecticut Practice Book section 4-7(a) is deemed by this order to be within the section 4-7(b) exception to redaction requirements as information “…otherwise required by law or ordered by the court.”