If the term of office of any judge of the Superior Court expires during the pendency of any proceeding before him, or if any judge of the Superior Court is retired because of a disability, dies or resigns during the pendency of any proceeding before him, any other judge of that court, upon application, shall have power to proceed therewith as if the subject matter had been originally brought before him.
(1949 Rev., S. 7705; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 86; 1967, P.A. 218; P.A. 74-183, S. 26, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 58, 681.)
History: 1959 act included circuit court judge; 1967 act extended section to include disability retirement, death and resignation; P.A. 74-183 removed judges of circuit court from purview of section, reflecting transfer of circuit court functions to court of common pleas, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed common pleas court judges from purview of section, reflecting transfer of common pleas court functions to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 51-44 transferred to Sec. 51-183f in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement.
Annotation to former section 51-44:
Former statute did not apply when judge died during pendency of proceeding. 25 CS 60.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 22 CA 363. Outlines steps to be taken by successor judge pursuant to section. 29 CA 378. Cited. 34 CA 673; 39 CA 429.
Applies where judge dies after a jury verdict but before case is completed. 46 CS 650.
Notes of Decisions
Stevens v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 615 A.2d 507 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992).
· cites it 6× “General Statutes § 51-183f provides in relevant part that “if any judge of the superior court is retired because of a disability, dies or resigns during the pendency of any proceeding before him, any other judge of that court, upon application, shall have power to proceed…”
Honulik v. Town of Greenwich, 980 A.2d 845 (Conn. 2009).
· cites it 4× “The majority fails to explain why a judge's vote taken prior to age seventy is sacrosanct while subsequent votes taken to decide a case following age seventy are any less so.”
Gorelick v. Montanaro, 891 A.2d 41 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006).
· cites it 3× “The issue does not implicate jurisdiction because § 51-183f grants a successor judge the power to consider the case and is premised on the discretion of that successor to do so.”
Gorelick v. Montanaro, 990 A.2d 371 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
“In any event, the trial court’s finding of unclean hands with respect to the request for an accounting is not relevant to any of the issues that we are addressing on appeal. 10 The subject footnote provides in part: “Because we lack subject matter jurisdiction, we are without…”
Stevens v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 664 A.2d 826 (Conn. App. Ct. 1995).
“We held, in addition, that “upon the death, disability or resignation of a judge of the Superior Court during the pendency of a trial or hearing to the court, a successor judge should take the following steps pursuant to the authority granted by [General Statutes] § 51-183f: (1)…”
Quinones v. R.W. Thompson Co., 203 A.3d 1256 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019).
· cites it 2× “during the pendency of a trial or hearing to the court, a successor judge should take the following steps pursuant to the authority granted by [General Statutes] § 51-183f : (1) become familiar with the entire existing record, including, but not necessarily limited to,…”
Lockhart v. NAI Elite, LLC, 209 Conn. App. 308 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021).
· cites it 2× “Pursuant to General Statutes § 51-183f, the matter was assigned to a successor judge, M.”
Marsala v. Groonell, 771 A.2d 967 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2000).
· cites it 9× “V LEGAL DISCUSSION A General Statutes General Statutes § 51-183f provides: “If the term of office of any judge of the Superior Court expires during the pendency of any proceeding before him, or if any judge of the Superior Court is retired because of a disability, dies or…”
Morales v. Meehan (Conn. App. Ct. 2026).
· cites it 2× “until a successor judge has determined whether to proceed on the existing record and conclude the hearing pursuant to General Statutes § 51-183f.” On April 10, 2024, the court, Tindill, J.”
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