GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT · FAMILY LAW + FAMILY-VIOLENCE DEFENSE
If you were arrested for a family violence offence in Glastonbury, East Hartford, Manchester, Marlborough or South Windsor, this is where you will be arraigned — on the next court day.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
CT Safe Connect: (888) 774-2900 — 24/7, by call, text, chat, or email
Do not contact the protected person. Not to apologize, not to explain, not through a friend or relative, and not through your children. If a protective order enters tomorrow, contact becomes a new criminal charge.
Do not go back to the house until you know what the order says.
East Hartford · Glastonbury · Manchester · Marlborough · South Windsor
Other geographical areas serve the surrounding towns: Hartford, West Hartford and Bloomfield are G.A. 14. Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, Newington and New Britain are G.A. 15. Middletown, Cromwell and Portland are G.A. 9. Vernon and Tolland are G.A. 19.
Before you see a judge, the court’s Family Violence Intervention Unit interviews both parties and prepares a report with a recommendation.
At arraignment the court sets conditions of release and decides whether to enter a criminal protective order, which can bar contact and can exclude you from your own home while the case is pending.
If an order is entered over your objection, you can request a hearing — and that hearing is frequently the most consequential thing available early in a case.
Depending on the charge and your record, the Family Violence Education Program may be available, which ends in dismissal on satisfactory completion.
This is the part people find disorienting. A related divorce, custody matter, or restraining order application is not heard here. It goes to the Hartford Judicial District at 90 Washington Street.
Two cases, two buildings, two schedules — and each one affects the other.
You will be in court the next business day. What happens at a Connecticut family violence arraignment, what the interview is, and what not to do tonight.
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What a Connecticut criminal protective order restricts, how it differs from a standing criminal protective order, and how to contest one.
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Connecticut’s pretrial diversionary program for family violence cases. Who is eligible, what it requires, and how dismissal actually works.
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An arrest during a separation creates two cases on two schedules. How a protective order affects custody, and why the two cases cannot be handled in isolation.
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A Glastonbury family law firm on Main Street. Divorce, custody, and support in the Hartford Judicial District, plus family-violence defense at G.A. 12.
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Every case starts with a conversation about what you’re facing and what it would take to handle it.
