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Connecticut requires a 90 day waiting period before a court can grant a divorce, and that period ends with a mandatory court appearance known as the case management date. What you accomplish in the weeks leading up to it can determine how quickly your divorce concludes. If no agreement has been reached, both parties must file a case management agreement, financial affidavits, and a parenting agreement where children are involved. Missing the deadline can result in dismissal o

Once you and your spouse have reached a full agreement on assets, debts, custody, and support, you can ask the court to schedule an uncontested divorce trial. Getting to that date without delay depends on having the right paperwork in hand. This checklist walks through the standard forms the Connecticut Superior Court requires, from the divorce agreement and financial affidavits to the military service affidavit, plus the additional filings required when minor children are in

Divorce mediation can be a faster, more private, and less expensive alternative to litigation, but it isn't a one-size-fits-all solution. Mediation works best when both spouses communicate openly, disclose their finances honestly, and are genuinely willing to compromise. When those conditions are missing, the process often ends in frustration rather than resolution. Here are three signs that mediation may not be the right path for resolving the issues in your divorce.

Attorneys increasingly mine Facebook and other social networking sites for evidence, but obtaining that data and admitting it at trial are two very different challenges. New York courts have held social media content discoverable when it contradicts a plaintiff's claims, while Connecticut's Appellate Court set a demanding authentication standard in State v. Eleck. Here is what both decisions mean for practitioners seeking to use social media evidence, and where the rules may