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2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 51 - Courts
Chapter 882 - Superior Court
PART IGENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 51-164s - Superior Court sole trial court. Jurisdiction transferred from Court of Common Pleas and Juvenile Court.
- Section 51-164t - Composition of Superior Court established by rule.
- Section 51-164u - Transfer of matters and appeals pending on July 1, 1978.
- Section 51-164v - (Formerly Sec. 51-141b). Use of Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas forms in the Superior Court.
- Section 51-164w - Juvenile Court, Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas construed to mean Superior Court as of July 1, 1978.
- Section 51-164x - Review of order prohibiting attendance at court session; review of certain orders sealing or limiting disclosure to court documents, affidavits or files.
- Section 51-165 - Number of judges. Retired judges. Assignment to hear housing matters and juvenile matters.
- Section 51-166 - Annual meeting of judges.
- Section 51-167 - Special meetings of the judges.
- Section 51-168 - Transferred to Chapter 873, Sec. 51-51v.
- Section 51-169 to 51-171 - Salaries of clerks and assistant clerks; traveling expenses; full-time, part-time requirements. Clerks of Superior Court to be county and judicial district clerks; custody of records of former county courts. Certification re authority of notaries public who recorded commissions prior to July 1, 1982. Custody of files and judgments in Stamford.
- Section 51-171a - Transferred to Chapter 873, Sec. 51-52b.
- Section 51-172 to 51-174 - Records and files at Waterbury. Civil actions on appeals brought in Ansonia filed in Waterbury. Records and seal of court at Winchester.
- Section 51-175 - Transferred to Chapter 886, Sec. 51-278.
- Section 51-175a and 51-175b - Transferred to Chapter 886, Secs. 51-287 and 51-288, respectively.
- Section 51-176 to 51-179 - Special state’s attorney. Circuit Court prosecutors not to be state’s attorneys. Expenses of state’s attorneys. Civil term.
- Section 51-180 - Criminal terms and sessions.
- Section 51-180a - (Formerly Sec. 51-153). Special session when accused confined for want of bail.
- Section 51-181 - Times and places for the sitting of the Superior Court.
- Section 51-181a - Sessions at Bristol.
- Section 51-181b - Drug docket and drug courts.
- Section 51-181c - Community court.
- Section 51-181d - Truancy docket. Implementation.
- Section 51-181e - Domestic violence dockets.
- Section 51-182 - Notice of sessions. Special sessions. Short calendar.
- Section 51-182a and 51-182b - Family relations term. Family relations sessions.
- Section 51-182c - *
- Section 51-182d - Length of family relations sessions; assignment of judges.
- Section 51-182e and 51-182f - *
- Section 51-182g - Transferred to Chapter 889, Sec. 51-334.
- Section 51-182h - *
- Section 51-182i to 51-182k - *
- Section 51-182l - *
- Section 51-182m - *
- Section 51-182n and 51-182o - Hearing of appeals from Juvenile Court. Sessions for appeals from Common Pleas Court.
- Section 51-182p - *
- Section 51-183 - Substitute judge.
- Section 51-183a - (Formerly Sec. 51-28). Judge’s inability to hold court.
- Section 51-183b - (Formerly Sec. 51-29). Judgments in civil actions. Time limit.
- Section 51-183c - (Formerly Sec. 51-41). Same judge not to preside at new trial.
- Section 51-183d - (Formerly Sec. 51-42). Disqualified judge; proceedings not void.
- Section 51-183e - (Formerly Sec. 51-43). Presiding judge or arbitrator to have casting vote.
- Section 51-183f - (Formerly Sec. 51-44). Expiration of term, disability retirement, death or resignation of judge.
- Section 51-183g - (Formerly Sec. 51-46). Retiring judge; unfinished matters.
- Section 51-183h - (Formerly Sec. 51-41a). Judge not to hear motion attacking bench warrant which he signed.
- Section 51-184 - Adjournment of court.
- Section 51-185 - Disposition of civil business at criminal sessions.
- Section 51-186 - Hearings at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers.
- Section 51-187 - Court accommodations in Windham County and at Rockville.
- Section 51-187a and 51-187b - Transferred to Chapter 871, Secs. 51-27c and 51-27d, respectively.
- Section 51-188 - Transferred to Chapter 871, Sec. 51-27f.
- Section 51-189 - Transfer of hearings before judges.
- Section 51-190 - Trial before judge; papers filed where.
- Section 51-190a - (Formerly Sec. 51-161). Filing of papers upon decision.
- Section 51-191 to 51-193 - Cause affecting land; documents lodged in Superior Court. Clerk designated by judge to take papers. Records may be rewritten.
- Section 51-193a - Transferred to Chapter 877, Sec. 51-95a.
- Section 51-193b - Payment of fees, costs and fines by credit card.
- Section 51-193c - Filing of document or data by computer, facsimile transmission or other technology. Use of technology for required payments. Electronic signature and verification. Standards. Rules.
- Section 51-193d to 51-193k - Reserved for future use.
MAGISTRATES
- Section 51-193l - Appointment of magistrates. Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates.
- Section 51-193m to 51-193q - Prosecutions to be submitted to magistrate. Persons alleged to have committed motor vehicle infractions; payment of fine; plea of not guilty. Request for jury trial; hearing in Superior Court. Notification of magistrate by clerk of court; where hearing may be held. Hearing before magistrate; report; final judgment.
- Section 51-193r - Compensation of magistrates.
- Section 51-193s - Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates.
- Section 51-193t - Hearing of small claims matters by magistrate.
- Section 51-193u - Hearing of violations and infractions by magistrate. Authority of magistrate decision. Demand for trial de novo.
SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION
- Section 51-194 - Review division, appointment; meetings; disqualification; secretary.
- Section 51-195 - Application for review of sentence.
- Section 51-196 - Review of sentence or commitment. Decision.
- Section 51-197 - Forms and rules of procedure.
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS AND APPELLATE COURT
- Section 51-197a - Appeals to Appellate Court. Writs. Transfer of jurisdiction from appellate session.
- Section 51-197b - (Formerly Sec. 52-7). Administrative appeals.
- Section 51-197c - Appellate Court; judges, appointment, terms, Chief Judge.
- Section 51-197d - Jurisdiction of appellate session.
- Section 51-197e - Consolidation of appeals.
- Section 51-197f - Further review by certification only.
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