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Conn. Practice Book § 6-3
Preparation; When; By Whom; Filing
(a) Judgment files in civil, criminal, family and
juvenile cases shall be prepared when: (1) an
appeal is taken; (2) a party requests in writing that
the judgment be incorporated into a judgment file;
(3) a judgment has been entered involving the
granting of a dissolution of marriage or civil union,
a legal separation, an annulment, injunctive relief,
or title to property (including actions to quiet title
but excluding actions of foreclosure), except in
those instances where judgment is entered in
such cases pursuant to Section 14-3 and no
appeal has been taken from the judicial authority’s
judgment; (4) a judgment has been entered in a
juvenile matter involving allegations that a child
has been neglected, abused, or uncared for, or
involving termination of parental rights or commitment of a child from a family with service
needs; (5) in criminal cases, sentence review is
requested; or (6) ordered by the judicial authority.
(b) Unless otherwise ordered by the judicial
authority, the judgment file in juvenile cases shall
be prepared by the clerk and in all other cases,
in the clerk’s discretion, by counsel or the clerk.
As to judgments of foreclosure, the clerk’s office
shall prepare a certificate of judgment in accordance with a form prescribed by the chief court
administrator only when requested in the event
of a redemption. In those cases in which a plaintiff
has secured a judgment of foreclosure under
authority of General Statutes § 49-17, when
requested, the clerk shall prepare a decree of
foreclosure in accordance with a form prescribed
by the chief court administrator.
(c) Judgment files in family cases shall be filed
within sixty days of judgment.
History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 337.) (Amended June 26, 2006, to take effect Jan. 1, 2007; amended June 15, 2012, to take effect Jan. 1, 2013; amended June 13, 2014, to take effect Jan. 1, 2015; amended June 13, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020.)
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