Superior Court, Judicial District of Windham, Connecticut Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

To request argument on a non-arguable motion, mark it Take Papers and file JD-CV-128; argument will not occur on the short-calendar date, and any allowed or required argument will be scheduled later.

If a party is asking the Court to hear argument on any non-arguable motion, mark the motion "Take Papers" and file a Request for Argument (JD-CV-128). No argument will take place on the day of the short calendar. If the court allows, or requires argument on the motion, the clerk will schedule a hearing at a later date and notify the parties of the hearing date.

WARNINGCivil cases

To request a decision on the filed papers for a non-arguable motion, mark the motion Take Papers.

If a party wants to ask the Court to review and decide the motion on the papers that have been filed, mark the motion "Take Papers."

WARNINGCivil cases

Unless the court orders otherwise, no hearing will be scheduled for a Motion for Supplemental Judgment.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, no hearing will be scheduled for a Motion for Supplemental Judgment.

WARNINGCivil cases

An arguable motion marked Ready will be set for a later hearing, and the parties will receive a separate hearing notice.

Motions that are arguable (ARG) that were marked �Ready� by you, or another party, will be scheduled for a hearing at a later date. You will receive a separate notice with hearing information including the date, time, and type of hearing (in person or remote).

WARNING

The court decides whether to hear oral argument on motions, except where oral argument is a matter of right under Practice Book Section 11-18(a)(1) or (2).

Oral argument on motions is at the discretion of the court, except as a matter of right under Practice Book Section 11-18 (a)(1) and (2).

WARNINGCivil cases

The listed applications, motions, and objections will receive a separate hearing notice even if they are not marked Ready.

You will also receive a separate notice with hearing information, including date, time, and type of hearing (in person or remote), for applications for exemption, motions for modification of execution, motions for examination of judgment debtor, motions for approval of report of an attorney trial referee or fact-finder, or an objection to one of these motions, even if the motion or objection has not been marked Ready.

WARNINGCivil cases

A party may request a paper decision on an arguable motion by marking it TAKE PAPERS, but the Court may instead require argument and schedule a later hearing.

A party can request that the Court decide a motion listed as arguable (ARG) by reviewing the papers by marking the motion �TAKE PAPERS.� It is in the Court�s discretion to decide the matter by reviewing the papers or to require argument. If the Court requires argument on the motion, the clerk will schedule a hearing at a later date and notify the parties of the hearing date.

WARNING

If changes to a proposed agreement are necessary, the parties should be informed and a CSC scheduled to discuss the changes before the motion is submitted to the court.

If it is determined that changes to the proposed agreement are necessary, parties should be informed, and a CSC should be scheduled to discuss the needed changes prior to the submission of the motion to the court;