A Case Date in Connecticut Family Court replaces Short Calendar. Before the pandemic, attorneys and clients would gather en masse at the Courthouse to have motions heard. It was a largely inefficient process. There was more bullshitting with colleagues than anything else. Social Calendar was a more appropriate term. It was not uncommon to hang…
A Connecticut Application for Civil Protection Order is relatively new in Connecticut. It is designed to allow a violence victim to obtain a Restraining Order against someone who is not a family member. There are three types of Connecticut Restraining Orders: 1. Protective Order. This is an order of protection issued by a Criminal Court…
Custodial Interference in Connecticut is defined as follows: In the first degree: Class D felony. “(a) A person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree when he commits custodial interference in the second degree as provided in section 53a-98: (1) Under circumstances which expose the child or person taken or enticed from lawful…
A Connecticut Custody Application is the way non-married parents set a parenting plan. It is also used for married parents with children who live apart and for divorced parents who failed to address custody and visitation at the time of their divorce. The Family Court must first determine that it has jurisdiction to hear…
Connecticut Custodial Interference is defined as follows: In the first degree: Class D felony. “(a) A person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree when he commits custodial interference in the second degree as provided in section 53a-98: (1) Under circumstances which expose the child or person taken or enticed from lawful custody…
There are three ways to establish paternity in Connecticut: 1. Marital presumption. There is a presumption that the husband is the biological father of any child born during a marriage. This can be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence in court that the husband is not the child’s biological father. 2. Acknowledgement of Paternity. This…