Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 871 · 22 active provisions
(a) The state shall provide such suitable quarters and furniture as are necessary for holding the Superior Court in the several judicial districts when there is no suitable place therefor. The expense of the quarters and furniture, except as provided by section 51-27a or any other section of the general statutes, shall…
(a) Except as provided in this section and in section 51-27, quarters and furniture necessary for holding sessions of the Superior Court serving geographical areas may be provided and maintained by the city or town in which the session is held. (b) Two or more contiguous towns may, by action of their legislative bodies…
There shall be sufficient offices of the Superior Court for the efficient operation of the court. The number and location of the offices shall be designated by the Chief Court Administrator.
A convenient place for holding the Superior Court at Rockville and Putnam shall be furnished by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may, in discharging his obligation to furnish convenient places for the holding of the Superior Court, lease realty from any private developer subject to the provisions of section 4b-23. (b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the approval of the Chief Court…
Courthouse facilities shall be maintained in either Ansonia or Derby and in Milford for the superior court serving the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford.
When a special session of the Superior Court is to be held in any judicial district, the Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall, if necessary, provide suitable rooms therefor, subject to the provisions of section 4b-23 concerning acquisition of real estate.
The Chief Court Administrator shall require that the United States flag be displayed outside each courthouse of this state from sunrise to sunset of each day.
The Chief Court Administrator shall provide in each court where family matters or family violence matters are heard or where a domestic violence docket, as defined in section 51-181e, is located a secure room for victims of family violence crimes and advocates for victims of family violence crimes which is separate fro…
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Domestic violence agency” means any office, shelter, host home or agency offering assistance to victims of domestic violence through crisis intervention, emergency shelter referral and medical and legal advocacy, and which meets the Department of Social Services' criteria of service pr…
A Judicial Department official authorized to administer oaths pursuant to section 1-24 may administer an oath or affirmation by means of an interactive audio visual device or other remote technology to any party, counsel, witness, or other participant in a court proceeding or appearing before such official for a purpos…
(a) The Superior Court or family support magistrate, when transacting business, shall be attended by such judicial marshals or by such constables, and by such messengers as the Chief Court Administrator or said administrator's designee may authorize. (b) When the court is hearing juvenile matters, no person may be allo…
Section 51-31 is repealed.
Section 51-32 is repealed.
Any court, including a family support magistrate, may punish by fine and imprisonment any person who in its presence behaves contemptuously or in a disorderly manner; but no court or family support magistrate may impose a greater fine than one hundred dollars or a longer term of imprisonment than six months or both.
(a) Any person who violates the dignity and authority of any court, in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, or any officer of any court who misbehaves in the conduct of his official duties shall be guilty of contempt and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or impri…
Any person committed to a community correctional center in any cause for disobeying an order of any court or family support magistrate may be discharged from imprisonment by the judge of the court or family support magistrate making the order when it appears to the judge that the public interest will not suffer thereby…
(a) Any court or family support magistrate may commit to a community correctional center any person legally summoned who refuses to appear and testify before it in any case, there to remain at his own expense until he so testifies. (b) A person shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself, except as otherwis…
(a) The Chief Court Administrator may cause any and all court records, papers or documents, and any and all other records, papers or documents maintained by the Judicial Branch, required to be retained indefinitely or for a period of time defined by (1) rules of court, (2) directives promulgated by the Office of the Ch…
(a) For the purposes of this section, “employees of the Judicial Department” shall not include employees of the courts of probate or the Public Defender Services Commission, and “records” shall not include records maintained by the courts of probate or the Public Defender Services Commission. (b) Notwithstanding any pr…
(a) No representative of a local, state or federal law enforcement authority shall detain, arrest or otherwise take an individual on courthouse grounds into custody on the basis of a civil offense, unless such representative (1) is acting in the representative's official capacity, and (2) has notified a judicial marsha…
No individual shall, while carrying out the enforcement of laws of this state, any other state or the United States, wear a mask or other covering that obscures the face of such individual while on courthouse grounds, as defined in section 51-33b, unless medically necessary and with prior authorization of a judicial au…