Consumer Legal Services, LLC BLOG

Beginning Monday November 16, 2020, it will become mandatory for attorneys and law firms without an exemption from electronic services to submit electronicall or texty in PDF format all exhibit documents on paperless Civil and Family matters, for all hearings and trials scheduled after Monday November 16, 2020. Electronic submission of exhibits will be optional...Read More

Are you struggling with your marriage? Do you wish you could get divorced quickly? Has it been difficult to hire a lawyer? Do you have some semblance of an agreement? Have you often wanted to get a divorce but just didn’t know where to start? Mediation is the answer to all of these questions: Divorce...Read More

Are you struggling with debt? Do you wish you could start over? Do you sometimes find it challenging to just meet your basic needs like rent/mortgage or even groceries? Has it been difficult to get credit to buy a car or a house? Have you looked for a solution to your debt but still feel...Read More

ADDRESSING CLIENTS’ NEEDS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC October 8, 2020   What happened since October 1, 2020:   Connecticut Eviction Moratorium Extended through December 31, 2020:  Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 9E extending the Connecticut eviction moratorium for some tenants.   What Executive Order 9E does: Prohibits the service of a Notice to Quit or...Read More

ADDRESSING CLIENTS’ NEEDS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC October 2, 2020   What happened since September 24, 2020:   Connecticut Eviction Moratorium Extended through December 31, 2020:  Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 9E extending the Connecticut eviction moratorium for some tenants. However, landlords may serve Notices to Quit and Summary Process complaints for serious nuisance, a...Read More

Fall is my second favorite time of year (first is Summer). And now that is upon us all I want to do is open all my windows, light all my pumpkin spice candles, make apple crips and sit on couch with my hot apple cider with the cinnamon rim and binge watch Gilmore Girls. And...Read More

1. This Standing Order is effective immediately and applies to all mortgage foreclosure actions filed on or after the date of this Order, as well as to previously filed mortgage foreclosure actions that have not gone to final judgment. 2. The purpose of this Standing Order is to ensure that no mortgage foreclosure action is...Read More

ADDRESSING CLIENTS’ NEEDS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC September 10, 2020   What happened since September 3, 2020:   Updates on Eviction Moratorium—At present there are three eviction moratoria in place. In addition, there are several steps in the court eviction process that have NOT been stopped. It is not clear how all of these changes...Read More

Just yesterday I sent out a video in which I read directly from the Judicial Branch Website stating that Jury Services were cancelled. When I returned to the website today, that blurb was removed and I couldn’t find any other information about the suspension or reactivation of Jury Service. So, I asked a few colleagues...Read More