Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 882 - Superior Court
Section 51-197. - Forms and rules of procedure.

The review division shall prescribe forms to be used in accordance with section 51-195 and make rules for procedure under sections 51-195 and 51-196.

(1957, P.A. 436, S. 4; September, 1957, P.A. 14, S. 4.)
Constitutionality of section discussed and affirmed. 187 C. 109. Cited. 224 C. 347.
Cited. 1 CA 724; 46 CA 486.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 51 - Courts

Chapter 882 - Superior Court

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 51-169 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...

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 51-176 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. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-1.

Section 51-182d. - Length of family relations sessions; assignment of judges.

Section 51-182e and 51-182f. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Secs. 46b-3 and 46b-4, respectively.

Section 51-182h. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-11.

Section 51-182i to 51-182k. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Secs. 46b-5 to 46b-7, inclusive.

Section 51-182l. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-10.

Section 51-182m. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-9.

Section 51-182n and 51-182o. - Hearing of appeals from Juvenile Court. Sessions for appeals from Common Pleas Court.

Section 51-182p. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-8.

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 51-189. - 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 51-193b. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) 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. - Moneys found in or on grounds of Superior Court presumed abandoned.

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...

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.

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.

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.