2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 52-549p. Appointment of fact-finders. Compensation. Powers.
Sec. 52-549p. Appointment of fact-finders. Compensation. Powers. (a) Upon
publication of a notice in the Connecticut Law Journal, any commissioner of the Superior
Court admitted to practice in this state for at least five years, who is willing and able to
act as a fact-finder, may submit his name to the Office of the Chief Court Administrator
for approval to be placed on a list of available fact-finders for one or more judicial
districts. The criteria for selection and approval of the fact-finders shall be promulgated
by the judges of the Superior Court. Upon selection and approval by the Chief Court
Administrator, for such term as he may fix, the fact-finders shall be sworn or affirmed
to try justly and equitably all matters at issue submitted to them. The Chief Court Administrator, in his discretion, may at any time revoke any such approval.
(c) Such fact-finders shall have the power to: (1) Issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, papers and other evidence, such subpoenas to be served in the manner provided by law for service of subpoenas in a civil action and to be returnable to the fact-finders; (2) administer oaths or affirmations; and (3) determine the admissibility of evidence and the form in which it is to be offered.
(P.A. 81-462, S. 9, 13; P.A. 82-441, S. 3, 13, 23.)
History: P.A. 82-441 deleted provision re service of attorneys as arbitrators and added provisions re appointment, compensation and powers of fact-finders, and postponed effective date of section from July 1, 1982, to July 1, 1983.
Cited. 199 C. 496, 512.
Cited. 12 CA 190, 194. Cited. 20 CA 420, 422.
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