Satisfying a Consent Order, Stipulation, or Stipulated Agreement on a Restraining Order at Every Connecticut Family Court
Most Connecticut restraining order hearings end in an agreement, not a ruling. Before every Relief from Abuse hearing each party meets separately with a Family Relations counselor, and the terms worked out in that room — a consent order entered without findings, or an application withdrawn on a written stipulation — become the order the court enforces. In divorce and custody files the same terms appear as stipulated agreements and parenting plans. One of the most common terms is anger management: a set number of sessions, with a qualified provider, with proof to the other side by a date certain. This page and the fourteen court pages below explain how those agreements work under Connecticut law, what “satisfying” one actually requires, and how NJAMG’s private, assessment-based, one-on-one program — direct pay, no insurance, guaranteed acceptance — closes the clause on time. NJAMG is not an FVEP, EXPLORE, or EVOLVE provider.
Connecticut Consent Orders, Stipulations, and Anger Management — Quick Answer
Quick answer: In Connecticut, civil restraining orders (§ 46b-15) and civil protection orders (§ 46b-16a) are heard in the family division of the Judicial District courthouse and are frequently resolved by agreement — a consent order without findings, or a withdrawal on stipulation — after both parties meet with Family Relations. During or after a divorce the same terms are entered as stipulated agreements in the dissolution or custody file, alongside the Practice Book § 25-5 automatic orders and § 46b-83 pendente lite orders, and they matter because § 46b-56 makes domestic violence a mandatory custody factor. These agreements commonly require the respondent to complete an anger management program by a deadline and deliver proof to opposing counsel, a guardian ad litem, Family Relations, or the court; they are enforced by contempt. NJAMG satisfies the clause with a custom program — assessment, individualized lessons and exercises, private one-on-one Zoom sessions seven days a week — paid directly (no insurance), with a same-day enrollment letter and a Certificate of Completion and Completion Letter backed by a 100% Court Acceptance Guarantee. Text ENROLL CT to 201-205-3201.
Court-Specific Pages: All 14 Connecticut Family Courts
Each page covers one family court: address and phone, the towns it serves, how restraining order agreements are documented there, the divorce and custody context, and how the program is matched to that court’s stipulations.
90 Washington Street, Hartford, CT 06106New Haven Family Court
235 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510Bridgeport Family Court
1061 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604Stamford Family Court
123 Hoyt Street, Stamford, CT 06905Waterbury Family Court
300 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT 06702New Britain Family Court
20 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT 06051New London Family Court
70 Huntington Street, New London, CT 06320Danbury Family Court
146 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810Milford Family Court
14 West River Street, Milford, CT 06460Middletown Family Court
1 Court Street, Middletown, CT 06457Torrington Family Court
50 Field Street, Torrington, CT 06790Rockville Family Court
69 Brooklyn Street, Rockville, CT 06066Putnam Family Court
155 Church Street, Putnam, CT 06260Meriden Family Court
54 West Main Street, Meriden, CT 06451
Connecticut Family Courts at a Glance
| Family court | Address | Phone | County | Towns (partial) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | 90 Washington Street, Hartford, CT 06106 | 860-548-2700 | Hartford | Hartford, West Hartford, East Hartford, Manchester, Glastonbury, Wethersfield … |
| New Haven | 235 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510 | 203-503-6800 | New Haven | New Haven, Hamden, North Haven, East Haven, West Haven, Branford … |
| Bridgeport | 1061 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604 | 203-579-6527 | Fairfield | Bridgeport, Stratford, Fairfield, Trumbull, Monroe, Easton … |
| Stamford | 123 Hoyt Street, Stamford, CT 06905 | 203-965-5308 | Fairfield | Stamford, Norwalk, Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Westport … |
| Waterbury | 300 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT 06702 | 203-591-3300 | New Haven | Waterbury, Naugatuck, Wolcott, Watertown, Prospect, Middlebury … |
| New Britain | 20 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT 06051 | 860-515-5180 | Hartford | New Britain, Bristol, Berlin, Newington, Wethersfield, Rocky Hill … |
| New London | 70 Huntington Street, New London, CT 06320 | 860-443-5363 | New London | New London, Groton, Waterford, Norwich, Montville, Ledyard … |
| Danbury | 146 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810 | 203-207-8600 | Fairfield | Danbury, Bethel, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Newtown, Ridgefield … |
| Milford | 14 West River Street, Milford, CT 06460 | 203-877-4293 | New Haven | Milford, West Haven, Orange, Derby, Ansonia, Shelton … |
| Middletown | 1 Court Street, Middletown, CT 06457 | 860-343-6400 | Middlesex | Middletown, Cromwell, Portland, Durham, Middlefield, East Hampton … |
| Torrington | 50 Field Street, Torrington, CT 06790 | 860-626-2100 | Litchfield | Torrington, Litchfield, New Milford, Winchester, Watertown, Thomaston … |
| Rockville | 69 Brooklyn Street, Rockville, CT 06066 | 860-896-4920 | Tolland | Vernon, Rockville, Tolland, Ellington, Coventry, Mansfield … |
| Putnam | 155 Church Street, Putnam, CT 06260 | 860-928-7749 | Windham | Putnam, Killingly, Danielson, Windham, Willimantic, Plainfield … |
| Meriden | 54 West Main Street, Meriden, CT 06451 | 203-238-6666 | New Haven | Meriden, Wallingford, Cheshire, Southington |
Family matters — including § 46b-15 restraining order applications, § 46b-16a civil protection orders, dissolution, custody, and post-judgment motions — are heard in the family division at each Judicial District courthouse; the Middletown courthouse also hosts the Regional Family Trial Docket. Court information is provided for convenience and may change; confirm with the clerk.
Three Ways a Connecticut Restraining Order Case Ends by Agreement
Consent order without findings
At the your family court the respondent agrees to the entry of the § 46b-15 order (or a narrower version) without admitting the allegations and without the judge making findings. The order has full force — no contact, stay-away, firearms surrender, registry — but the file contains no finding of domestic violence. Anger management is frequently written in as a term, with proof due before the order’s review or expiration date.
Withdrawal on stipulation
The applicant withdraws the Connecticut application in exchange for the respondent’s written promises: no contact except through a defined channel, a stay-away from the home or workplace, an exchange protocol for children, and completion of an anger management program by a date certain with proof to counsel or Family Relations. The stipulation is entered as an order and enforced by contempt.
Stipulated agreement in the divorce or custody file
Where a dissolution or custody case is pending at the your family court, the anger management clause is folded into the pendente lite orders, a parenting plan, or the final stipulated judgment — typically as the condition on which supervised parenting time becomes unsupervised or a limited schedule expands. Proof goes to counsel, the guardian ad litem, and Family Relations.
The Law Behind the Agreement: § 46b-15, § 46b-16a, and the Divorce Statutes
Relief from Abuse (§ 46b-15). A family or household member — a spouse or former spouse, a parent or child, a relative, a current or former cohabitant, a co-parent, or a current or recent dating partner — who has been subjected to a continuous threat of present physical pain or injury, stalking, a pattern of threatening, or coercive control may apply at the family court. An ex parte order can issue the same day; a hearing follows within 14 days (7 where firearms are ordered surrendered); a final order lasts up to one year and can be extended. The order can exclude the respondent from the home and set custody and visitation. Violation is a felony under § 53a-223b.
Civil protection order (§ 46b-16a). The parallel remedy for a victim of sexual abuse, sexual assault, or stalking who is not a family or household member — the same court, the same hearing timeline, the same one-year duration.
Divorce and custody. Practice Book § 25-5 automatic orders bind both spouses from the day a dissolution is filed. Section 46b-83 allows exclusive possession of the home and other relief pendente lite. Section 46b-56 lists the best-interest factors the court must weigh in any custody decision, expressly including domestic violence and its effect on the child. Section 46b-69b requires parenting education in every case involving minor children. A restraining order filed in the middle of a divorce touches every one of those provisions — which is why the agreed alternative, with a documented anger management program at its center, is so often the outcome.
Enforcement. A consent order or stipulation is a court order. Failure to perform it — or to prove performance by the deadline — is answered by a motion for contempt, a renewed application, a motion to extend, and, in a custody case, an argument under § 46b-56 that the respondent does not follow court orders.
What “Satisfying” the Stipulation Means — Performance, Proof, Timing
A stipulation is satisfied by doing what it says, when it says, and proving it to whom it says. Connecticut agreements usually specify a length (a session count, hours, or program type), a provider standard (“qualified,” “certified,” “licensed,” or “approved by Family Relations”), a deadline (a date, a status conference, or the order’s review date), and a recipient (opposing counsel, the guardian ad litem, Family Relations, or the clerk). Miss any one and the clause is not satisfied. NJAMG reads the clause at intake, matches the session count and deadline, addresses the documentation to the named recipients — through your attorney, never to the protected party — and tells you plainly, before you pay, if the language requires a licensed clinical provider our program cannot satisfy.
Do not contact the other party — not to say you enrolled, not to say you finished. If an order is in force, contact is a felony under § 53a-223b whoever initiates it; if the application was withdrawn on stipulation, the stipulation’s contact rules control. Every document goes to your attorney.
A Custom Course for Every Enrollee: Assessment, Lessons, Exercises, One-on-One Zoom
Every NJAMG enrollee gets a course built for them. It begins with an assessment in the first session — the incident, the relationship, the order, the stipulation’s language, the custody schedule, and what needs to change. From that assessment the instructor writes customized lessons and exercises grounded in REBT and CBT methods, each completed between sessions and reviewed in a private one-on-one Zoom meeting with the same instructor, bookable seven days a week. Progress documentation is available whenever counsel, the GAL, or Family Relations asks. The Certificate of Completion and Completion Letter describe the curriculum you actually completed — which is why a family lawyer cannot dismiss them as a printout. NJAMG is psychoeducational, not psychotherapy or treatment.
Not FVEP. Not EXPLORE. Not EVOLVE. Those are Connecticut Judicial Branch programs for the criminal side of a family violence case, delivered through Court Support Services Division contractors; only a G.A. court can place you in them. NJAMG is a private, psychoeducational program used to satisfy the anger management terms of civil restraining order agreements, protection order agreements, and family court stipulations at the your family court — and it is not psychotherapy or treatment. If your clause requires a licensed clinical provider, we will tell you at intake.
Direct Pay. No Insurance. No Delay. 100% Guaranteed.
- Private pay only — we do not accept or bill insurance. That is deliberate. Insurance requires a diagnosis, an authorization, and a claims record; a Connecticut stipulation requires a program, a deadline, and proof. Paying directly means you start the day you text, nothing about the program enters an insurance file, and no third party decides how many sessions you get.
- One flat fee by program length, quoted by text before you commit, with every document — enrollment letter, progress notes, Certificate of Completion, Completion Letter — included. Payment by Zelle, Apple Pay, Cash App, or card; payment plans available; sliding-scale pricing when possible.
- 100% Court Acceptance Guarantee. If the your family court — or opposing counsel, the guardian ad litem, or Family Relations acting for the court — will not accept our documentation for your stipulation, your fee is refunded in full. No court has rejected NJAMG documentation since 2012.
- Direct pay facilitates completion. Because there is no authorization to wait for and no session cap imposed from outside, the program length is whatever the stipulation requires, scheduled as fast as the deadline demands.
From the Clause to the Certificate
- Text ENROLL CT to 201-205-3201 with a photo of the stipulation, consent order, or agreement page that mentions anger management.
- Same-day intake and assessment. We read the clause — session count, provider language, deadline, recipients — and if it calls for a licensed clinical provider we tell you before you pay.
- Same-day enrollment letter to your attorney, for delivery to opposing counsel, the guardian ad litem, or Family Relations at the your family court.
- Your custom course: lessons and exercises built from the assessment; private one-on-one Zoom sessions with the same instructor, seven days a week; progress notes on request.
- Certificate of Completion and Completion Letter, the day you finish — addressed as the stipulation requires, before the deadline, verifiable by phone.
Zero Judgment. Full Discretion.
Your enrollment is private and paid directly, so it exists in no insurance record. Your sessions are private. The only people who see your paperwork are the ones the stipulation names — your attorney, opposing counsel, the guardian ad litem, Family Relations at your family court. Inside the program you are treated as an adult with a deadline to meet, not a file to manage.
Every Google Review We Have Ever Received: Five Stars
Our clients are people who made a promise to a court and needed to keep it — and who finished the program, got their documentation, and moved on. Read their words on Google before you decide.
“I had an excellent experience with NJAMG. The instructor is the best. He is very kind and very helpful. The instructor was always respectful, encouraging and helps me a lot to give my best. The instructor is very punctual and always very attentive. Whenever I need he help me right way. He always think about my problems and give me the exact lesson which I need. He is genuinely dedicated to helping people like us. This anger management class is highly recommended because the instructors personalize every lesson to fit real-life situations. They are patient, respectful, and create a safe, judgment-free environment to help you make real change. Thank you Mr. Santo Artusa.”
Md Ahaduzzaman · Google review · ★★★★★
“I had a great experience completing my 8 anger management sessions with this program. The director was understanding, professional, and very easy to communicate with. I was able to openly discuss my situation without feeling judged, and their guidance really helped me work through everything and communicate more effectively. I truly appreciate the support and encouragement I received throughout the process and would definitely recommend this program to others.”
Terin Hyman · Google review · ★★★★★
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NJAMG was founded in Jersey City in 2012 by Santo V. Artusa Jr., J.D., C.A.M.T. — a Rutgers Law graduate, former public defender, and family-law mediator named to Best Lawyers in America, who retired from practice to run this program full time. He drafted, negotiated, and enforced stipulations like yours for fifteen years and knows what a guardian ad litem and a Family Relations counselor look for in a completion letter. Connecticut has no licensing board or approved-provider list for general anger management, so what a family court accepts is what it finds credible — a named instructor, dated sessions, a real curriculum, and a phone number a clerk can call. No court has rejected NJAMG documentation since 2012, and our Court Acceptance Guarantee applies at every family court in the state.
Orden de consentimiento o estipulación en un tribunal de familia de Connecticut — ayuda en español
Si aceptó completar un programa de manejo de la ira como parte de una orden de consentimiento, una estipulación o un acuerdo estipulado sobre una orden de restricción en cualquier tribunal de familia de Connecticut — durante o después de un divorcio — podemos cumplir ese requisito en español: evaluación inicial, lecciones y ejercicios personalizados, sesiones privadas por Zoom uno a uno los siete días de la semana, carta de inscripción el mismo día y certificado de finalización con carta de finalización. Pago directo — no aceptamos seguros — con garantía de aceptación del 100 por ciento. NJAMG no es proveedor de FVEP, EXPLORE ni EVOLVE. Envíe ENROLL CT por texto al 201-205-3201.
Connecticut Consent Order and Stipulation Questions We Get
What is a consent order on a Connecticut restraining order?
An order under C.G.S. § 46b-15 (Relief from Abuse) or § 46b-16a (civil protection order) entered by agreement of the parties, without the judge making findings. It carries full legal effect — no contact, stay-away, firearms surrender, entry in the protective order registry — but the file contains no finding of domestic violence. Anger management is frequently a written term.
What is a withdrawal on stipulation?
The applicant withdraws the restraining order application in exchange for the respondent’s written promises, which the court enters as an order: a contact protocol, a stay-away, an exchange plan for children, and very often completion of an anger management program by a date certain with proof to counsel or Family Relations. It is enforced by a motion for contempt.
Who writes the anger management clause?
Usually the parties’ attorneys, in the pre-hearing meeting with a Family Relations counselor that precedes every § 46b-15 hearing. Family Relations records the terms and the judge enters them. In divorce and custody files the clause is drafted into pendente lite orders, a parenting plan, or the stipulated judgment.
Does Connecticut have an approved anger management provider list for family court?
No. There is no statewide approved-provider list or licensing board for general anger management in Connecticut. The Judicial Branch’s family violence programs — FVEP, EXPLORE, and EVOLVE — are criminal-court programs delivered by contracted providers, and NJAMG is not one of them. For a civil stipulation, what satisfies the clause is what the clause says and what the court and the other side find credible: a named instructor, dated live sessions, a real curriculum, and verifiable documentation.
Why is NJAMG direct pay only?
Because a stipulation requires a program, a deadline, and proof — not a diagnosis, an authorization, or a claims record. Direct pay means enrollment and the enrollment letter the same day, a program length set by the stipulation rather than a plan, and no insurance record of your compliance with a family court agreement. One flat fee, all documents included, payable by Zelle, Apple Pay, Cash App, or card, with payment plans available.
What does the 100% Court Acceptance Guarantee cover?
Acceptance of NJAMG’s documentation by the family court — or by opposing counsel, the guardian ad litem, or Family Relations acting for the court — for the purpose stated in your stipulation. If it is not accepted, your fee is refunded in full. No court has rejected NJAMG documentation since 2012.
How does a restraining order affect a divorce or custody case?
Under § 46b-56 the court must consider domestic violence and its effect on the child when deciding custody, and a § 46b-15 order can award exclusive possession of the home and set interim custody and visitation. That is why most Connecticut divorce lawyers resolve restraining order matters by consent order or stipulation rather than contested findings, and why the anger management clause in those agreements is enforced carefully.
Is the program customized?
Yes. Every enrollee begins with an assessment; the instructor builds the lessons and exercises from it and delivers them in private one-on-one Zoom sessions seven days a week. The completion documents describe the curriculum actually completed.
Is the program available in Spanish?
Yes. The assessment, lessons, Zoom sessions, and every document are available in Spanish.
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New Jersey Anger Management Group · 97 Newkirk Street, 2nd Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07306 · (201) 205-3201 · njangermgt@pm.me · Founded 2012 · Serving all 50 states. NJAMG is a private program and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Connecticut Judicial Branch, the any Connecticut family court, Family Services, or the Court Support Services Division. NJAMG is not a Family Violence Education Program (FVEP), EXPLORE, or EVOLVE provider, is not psychotherapy or medical or mental health treatment, does not accept insurance, and does not give legal advice; whether a particular program satisfies a particular stipulation is a question for your attorney. Court information is provided for convenience and may change. Statutes referenced: C.G.S. §§ 46b-1, 46b-15, 46b-16a, 46b-38a, 46b-40, 46b-56, 46b-69b, 46b-83, 53a-223b; Connecticut Practice Book § 25-5.