Evaluations, Studies, Family

Services Mediation Reports and Family Ser- vices Conflict Resolution Reports (Amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Aug. 15, 2011; amended June 13, 2014, to take effect Jan. 1, 2015.) (a) Whenever, in any family matter, an evalua- tion or study has been ordered pursuant to Section 25-60A or Section 25-61, or the court support services division family services unit has been ordered to conduct mediation or to hold a conflict resolution conference pursuant to Section 25-61, the case shall not be disposed of until the report has been filed as hereinafter provided, and coun- sel and the parties have had a reasonable oppor- tunity to examine it prior to the time the case is to be heard, unless the judicial authority orders that the case be heard before the report is filed. (b) Any report of an evaluation or study pursuant to Section 25-60A or Section 25-61, or any media- tion report or conflict resolution conference report filed by the family services unit as a result of a referral of the matter to such unit, shall be filed with the clerk, who will seal such report, and shall be provided by the filer to counsel of record, guardians ad litem and self-represented parties unless otherwise ordered by the judicial authority. Any such report shall be available for inspection to counsel of record, guardians ad litem and the parties to the action, unless otherwise ordered by the judicial authority. (c) Any report of an evaluation or study pre- pared pursuant to Section 25-60A or Section 25- 61 shall be admissible in evidence provided the author of the report is available for cross-exami- nation. (d) The file compiled by the family services unit in the course of preparing any mediation report or conflict resolution conference report shall not 318 © Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut SUPERIOR COURT—PROCEDURE IN FAMILY MATTERS