For civil unions, justices of the peace can say 'I won't' JPus member Sonia Osuna has performed many civil unions since they became legal in October 2005. Saul Haffner, President of JPus, does them too. But not all JPs do. The state of Connecticut allows JPs to decline to officiate if they are not comfortable with the same-sex ceremony. Read article here.
The Complications of Performing Marriages Sloan Brewster. Published 12:00 am EDT, Saturday, October 27, 2007 HADDAM - For a Justice of the Peace the first interview with a couple can resemble an audition. "When they come to your house, you're not interviewing them," Eleanor Tomazewski a Middletown JP said to a captive audience. "You're on audition; they're interviewing you." Tomazewski, who is 78 shared some tidbits of her 20 years as a JP with about 30 of her fellows at the Annual Conference for the Justices of the Peace at the Haddam Firehouse Saturday. The moral of her tales was simple, have a "thick skin," she said. "I really pulled some real boners when I was first learning," Tomazewski said to the laughing listeners. JPs can perform weddings, take legal depositions and sometimes are notarize documents, said Saul Haffner of Westport. There are approximately 6,000 JPs in Connecticut, Haffner estimated. All of them ...
Tying the Knot can be a tangle. By: Lynne Tuohy, Courant Staff 11/19/2006 NEW BRITAIN - Justices of the peace usually work in an atmosphere of joy and celebration, joining partners in marriage and civil unions amid a throng of well-wishers with champagne chilling in the background. But it can be harrowing work at times. Just ask Eleanor Tomaszewski of Middletown, a justice of the peace for 18 years. Over coffee before the second annual Conference for Connecticut Justices of the Peace got underway Saturday at Central Connecticut State University, Tomaszewski launched into an impromptu comedy routine of her experiences. "Scariest wedding I've ever done in my life," she begins. The couple wanted to be married at a Portland quarry. No problem, she thinks. She arrives to gusting winds and is escorted down a ramp that leads to a floating raft protruding into the quarry. One of the guests asks ...
JP conference grows By: Francine Maglione, Herald Staff 11/11/2006 NEW BRITAIN - One year after Connecticut legalized civil unions, justices of the peace are more popular than ever. On Nov. 18, hundreds of justices of the peace will converge on Central Connecticut State University to attend the second annual Justice of the Peace Conference. The conference will take place in the Constitution Room in the university's Memorial Hall, and is hosted by the Justice of the Peace Association, located in Westport. "We're trying to build a community of justices of the peace," said Barbara Jay, president of the Justice of the Peace Association. According to the association, there are almost 300 justices of the peace in New Britain alone. Last year's conference took place at Middlesex Community College and over 200 justices of the peace from across the state showed up. "It was such a great networking event we decided ...
A Conversation with Saul Haffner By Stacey Dresner Jewish Ledger, January 6, 2006 [pdf-embedder url="https://www.findajp.com/jpus/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/JewishLedger2006.pdf"]
