Conn. Practice Book § 8-2 (2026)

Sec. 8-2 court shall waive such fee or fees and the cost of service of process shall be paid by the state. (c) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a person is indigent and unable to pay a fee or fees or the cost of service of process if (1) such person receives public assistance or (2) such per- son’s income after taxes, mandatory wage deduc- tions and child care expenses is 125 percent or less of the federal poverty level. For purposes of this subsection, ‘‘public assistance’’ includes, but is not limited to, state administered general assis- tance, temporary family assistance, aid to persons who are elderly, persons who are blind or visually impaired or persons with disabilities, food stamps and supplemental security income. (d) Nothing in this section shall preclude the court from (1) finding that a person whose income does not meet the criteria of subsection (c) of this section is indigent and unable to pay a fee or fees or the cost of service of process, or (2) denying an application for the waiver of the payment of a fee or fees or the cost of service of process when the court finds that (A) the applicant has repeat- edly filed actions with respect to the same or simi- lar matters, (B) such filings establish an extended pattern of frivolous filings that have been without merit, (C) the application sought is in connection with an action before the court that is consistent with the applicant’s previous pattern of frivolous filings, and (D) the granting of such application would constitute a flagrant misuse of Judicial Branch resources. If an application for the waiver of the payment of a fee or fees or the cost of service of process is denied, the court clerk shall, upon the request of the applicant, schedule a hearing on the appli- cation. Nothing in this section shall affect the inherent authority of the court to manage its docket. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 50.) (Amended June 21, 2010, to take effect Jan. 1, 2011; amended June 13, 2014, to take effect Jan. 1, 2015; amended June 13, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020.)