Connecticut legal news
Justice Department Opens Inquiry Into Connecticut Firearm Permit Delays
The Justice Department is investigating Middletown and Waterbury police departments over alleged unnecessary delays in issuing firearm permits.
Federal Judge Halts Connecticut Ban on Glock-Style Convertible Pistols
A U.S. district judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping Connecticut's new ban on cruciform-trigger handguns, saying it likely violates the Second Amendment.
461 attorneys and law firms across Connecticut are listed in this directory, with the strongest coverage in Hartford, New Haven, Danbury, West Hartford and Westport. The most common practice areas are personal injury, criminal defence, estate planning and business law.
How the courts are organised
Connecticut has a single Superior Court divided into judicial districts, with separate dockets for civil, criminal, family and housing matters. Appeals go to the Appellate Court and then the Connecticut Supreme Court. Federal cases fall to the District of Connecticut, which sits in Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport.
Points that shape Connecticut cases
— Attorneys are admitted by the Superior Court; the judicial branch publishes an attorney lookup with status and discipline.
— The state applies modified comparative negligence with a 51 percent bar.
— Marital property is divided equitably, and Connecticut is one of the states where a court may consider all property owned by either spouse, not only what was acquired during the marriage.
— Probate matters go to a separate system of probate courts rather than the Superior Court.
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