Whenever any party desires to obtain (1) a more complete or particular statement of the allegations of an adverse party’s pleading, or (2) the deletion of any unnecessary, repetitious, scandalous, impertinent, immaterial or otherwise improper allegations in an adverse party’s pleading, or (3) separation of causes of action which may be united in one complaint when they are improperly combined in one count, or the separation of two or more grounds of defense improperly combined in one defense, or (4) an attachment to an adverse party’s complaint or other pleading any express agreement alleged as a ground of action or defense, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-29, or (5) any other appropriate correction in an adverse party’s pleading, the party desiring any such amendment in an adverse party’s pleading may file a timely request to revise that pleading.
Section 10-35.Request To Revise
Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceA party may file a request to revise asking an adverse party to clarify, correct, split up, attach a document to, or otherwise fix problems in a pleading, covering five specific categories of requested changes.
Full Text of Section 10-35
Amendment History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 147; amended June 12, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) HISTORY—2026: What is now subdivision (4) was added and what had been subdivision (4) was redesignated as subdivision (5).
Rules Committee Commentary
Plain-English Summary
The request to revise lets a party ask an opponent to fix a pleading rather than attacking it outright. The rule lists five things a party may seek: a more complete or particular statement of an adverse party’s allegations; deletion of unnecessary, repetitious, scandalous, impertinent, immaterial, or otherwise improper allegations; separation of causes of action or defenses that are improperly combined in one count or defense; attachment of an express agreement alleged as a ground of action or defense; or any other appropriate correction to the pleading.
A party who wants any of these changes made to an adverse party’s pleading may file a timely request to revise seeking them.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can a request to revise ask for in Connecticut?
It can ask for a more complete statement of allegations, deletion of improper allegations, separation of improperly combined causes of action or defenses, attachment of an express agreement, or any other appropriate correction.
How is a request to revise different from a motion to strike?
A request to revise asks the adverse party to fix or clarify a pleading, while a motion to strike (Section 10-39) contests the legal sufficiency of a pleading outright.
Must the request to revise be filed by a deadline?
The rule requires the request to be timely, though the specific deadline mechanics are addressed in the sections that follow.
Can a request to revise ask for something not listed in the five categories?
Yes. The fifth category allows a request for any other appropriate correction in an adverse party’s pleading.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 10-35). Prescribed by the Judges of the Superior Court of Connecticut (Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 51-14). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 9, 2026. ·
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Also known as: request to revise Connecticuthow to fix opponent's pleading CTseparate improperly combined causes of actionrequest to revise categoriesattach express agreement to pleading
COMMENTARY—2026: The change to this section renumbers subdivision (4) as subdivision (5) and adds new subdivision (4) that allows a party to request that any express agreement alleged as a ground of action or defense be attached to the adverse party’s complaint. The most likely reason for such a request would be for the purposes of filing a motion to strike. The provisions of Section 10-29, which generally do not require the plaintiff to attach the written agreement to the original complaint, are not impacted by this change. Section 4-7 will continue to control to the extent there is any personal identifying information in the agreement sought to be attached. If a litigant opposes the requested revision because they claim the agreement sought to be attached contains trade secrets or other confidential information, Section 11-20A would control, and that litigant could move to file under seal or seek to otherwise limit disclosure by redactions, etc., the agreement sought to be attached.