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NEWS JUNE 15, 2020 ¦ 15

4 Superior Courthouses Scheduled to Open
in June, Bringing Total to 13

The Connecticut Judicial Branch By Robert Storace
has announced the reopening
on a limited basis of four more
courthouses in the state.
The announcement that the Su-
perior Court buildings in Danbury,
Milford, Stamford and Danielson
will reopen June 29 will bring the
number of open courthouses in the
Superior Court system to 13.
The judicial branch had earlier
announced a partial reopening of
Superior Court courthouses in Mid-
dletown, Torrington and Rockville,
beginning June 8. Stamford Superior Court. Courtesy photo

In a statement, Chief Court Administrator Patrick “In addition to expanding the courthouse loca-
Carroll III said safety is the top priority during the tions, business operations have rapidly expanded
COVID-19 pandemic. across all divisions by the use of
“We continue to plan for in- remote technology,” Carroll said in
creasing expansion of the branch’s the statement. “In just a few weeks’
physical footprint and all business time, family court has held over
operations in a way that places Superior Court buildings in 600 remote status or settlements
personal safety of the public, the Danbury, Milford, Stamford conferences, and disposed of more
bar and employees at the fore- and Danielson will reopen than 300 divorce cases remotely.”
front, while also balancing the
requirement to continue to pro- June 29, increasing the Carroll continued: “Civil court
vide expanded access.” Carroll total number of open had conducted close to 1,000 re-
mote events and has ruled on more
courts to 13.

wrote. than 7,000 short calendar matters.
In addition to the June 29 re- Juvenile court is holding remote
opening of the four courthouses, detention hearings each day of op-
Carroll said the courts are also planning to expand eration and reviewing permanency plans remotely.”
their hours and days of operations, after reductions Carroll also said the branch will expand the han-
during the pandemic. dling of criminal matters beginning June 8.. On that
Starting June 15, all open courthouse locations day, he said, judges will begin to conduct remote
will be open each day, Monday through Friday. The pretrial conferences in criminal cases.
hours for the public will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon- ¦

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