Conn. Practice Book § 34a-20

(a) Access to the records of the Department of

Children and Families shall be permitted in

accordance with General Statutes § 17a-28 and

other applicable provisions of the law.

(b) Pretrial discovery by interrogatory, production, inspection or deposition of a person may be

allowed with the permission of the judicial authority only if the information or material sought is

not otherwise obtainable and upon a finding that

proceedings will not be unduly delayed.

(c) Upon its own motion or upon the request

of a party, the judicial authority may limit discovery methods, and specify overall timing and

sequence, provided that the parties shall be

allowed a reasonable opportunity to obtain information needed for the preparation of their case.

The judicial authority may grant the requested

discovery, order reciprocal discovery, order

appropriate sanctions permitted under Section

13-14 for any clear misuse of discovery or arbitrary delay or refusal to comply with a discovery

request, and deny, limit, or set conditions on the

requested discovery, including any protective

orders under Section 13-5.

(d) If the judicial authority permits discovery,

the provisions of Sections 13-1 through 13-11

inclusive, 13-14, 13-16, 13-21 through 13-32

inclusive may be incorporated in the discovery

order in the discretion of the judicial authority.

Motions for discovery or disclosure of confiden -

tial records should not be filed unless the moving

party has attempted unsuccessfully to obtain an

appropriate release or agreement to disclose from

the party or person whose records are being

sought.

(e) If, subsequent to compliance with any filed

request or order for discovery and prior to or

during trial, a party discovers additional or new

material or information previously requested and

ordered subject to discovery or inspection, or discovers that the prior compliance was totally or

partially incorrect or, though correct when made,

is no longer true and the circumstances are such

that a failure to amend the compliance is in sub -

stance a knowing concealment, that party shall

promptly notify the other party, or the other party’s

attorney and file and serve in accordance with

Sections 10-12 through 10-17 a supplemental or

corrected compliance.