{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-50a-202","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 50a-202","heading":"Factors considered in selection of adjudicating forum.","body":"A determination of the adjudicating forum shall be made in consideration of the following factors:\n(1) The interests of justice among the parties and of world-wide justice;\n(2) The public policies of the countries having jurisdiction of the dispute, including the interest of the affected courts in having proceedings take place in their respective forums;\n(3) The place of occurrence, and of any effects, of the transaction or occurrence out of which the dispute arose;\n(4) The nationality of the parties;\n(5) Substantive law likely to be applicable and the relative familiarity of the affected courts with that law;\n(6) The availability of a remedy and the forum likely to render the most complete relief;\n(7) The impact of the litigation on the judicial systems of the courts involved, and the likelihood of prompt adjudication in the court selected;\n(8) Location of witnesses and availability of compulsory process;\n(9) Location of documents and other evidence and ease or difficulty associated with obtaining, reviewing or transporting such evidence;\n(10) Place of first filing and connection of such place to the dispute;\n(11) The ability of the designated forum to obtain jurisdiction over the persons and property that are the subject of the proceedings;\n(12) Whether designation of an adjudicating forum is a superior method to parallel proceedings in adjudicating the dispute;\n(13) The nature and extent of litigation that has proceeded over the dispute and whether a designation of an adjudicating forum will unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties; and\n(14) A realigned plaintiff's choice of forum should rarely be disturbed.","path":["TITLE 50a. INTERNATIONAL LAW","CHAPTER 863. CONFLICT OF JURISDICTIONS MODEL LAW"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_863.htm#sec_50a-202","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"e52422fbd4fc600b91c4952df30d785baed15e9d258a5970010d117fc2330406","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-50a-201","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-50a-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}