Editor’s note: This editorial is the first in a two-part series. Read the second installment here.

Section 11-19 of the Connecticut Rules of Court provides that a trial judge is required to issue a decision on a short calendar matter not later than 120 days after the conclusion of the hearing of that matter unless there is a waiver of that deadline. A proposal is presently pending before the Rules Committee whereby that deadline will be shortened to 30 days for short calendar matters in the family court. That amendment is clearly warranted in family matters.

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