(a) Unless otherwise provided in these rules or ordered by the judicial authority, questions as to the terms or form of a decree or judgment to be rendered on the report of a committee or of auditors, or on an award of arbitrators, foreclosures where the only question is as to the time to be limited for redemption, all motions and objections to requests when practicable, and all issues of law must be placed on the short calendar list. No motions will be heard which are not on said list and ought to have been placed thereon; provided that any motion in a case on trial, or assigned for trial, may be disposed of by the judicial authority at its discretion, or ordered upon the short calendar list on terms, or otherwise.
Section 11-13.Short Calendar; Need for List; Case Assigned for Trial; Reclaims
Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceThis rule requires most contested questions and motions to be placed on the short calendar list before a judge will hear them, and it explains how a case assigned for trial is flagged and how an unadjudicated motion can be claimed for decision.
Full Text of Section 11-13
(b) Unless it is filed electronically, whenever a short calendar matter or reclaim slip is filed in a case which has been assigned for trial, the filing party shall place the words ‘‘assigned for trial’’ on the bottom of the first page of the document and on any short calendar reclaim slip. The moving party at a short calendar hearing shall, when applicable, inform the judicial authority that the case has been assigned for trial.
(c) If a motion has gone off the short calendar without being adjudicated, any party may claim the motion for adjudication. If an objection to a request has gone off the short calendar without being adjudicated, the party who filed the request may claim the objection to the request for adjudication. If a case is on the docket management list, any party may claim any motion or objection for adjudication when the motion or objection must be resolved to close the pleadings.
Amendment History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 206.) (Amended June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003; amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012.)
Plain-English Summary
Section 11-13 requires that, unless a rule or the court orders otherwise, questions about the terms of a decree or judgment on a committee or auditor’s report or an arbitration award, foreclosures where only the redemption period is disputed, motions and objections to requests, and issues of law all go on the short calendar list. No motion will be heard if it was not placed on that list when it should have been, though the judicial authority may dispose of a motion in a case on trial or assigned for trial at its discretion, or send it to the short calendar on terms.
When a short calendar matter or reclaim slip is filed in a case already assigned for trial (and the filing is on paper rather than electronic), the filing party must mark “assigned for trial” at the bottom of the first page and on any reclaim slip, and must tell the judicial authority at the hearing that the case has been assigned for trial. If a motion or an objection to a request goes off the short calendar without being decided, any party may claim it for adjudication; the same holds for a case on the docket management list when a motion or objection must be resolved to close the pleadings.
Frequently Asked Questions
What has to be placed on the short calendar list in Connecticut?
Questions on the terms of a decree or judgment from a committee, auditor, or arbitration report, foreclosures where only the redemption period is at issue, motions and objections to requests, and issues of law generally must go on the short calendar list.
What happens if a motion was never placed on the short calendar list?
The court will not hear it, unless the judicial authority chooses to dispose of it at its discretion because the case is on trial or assigned for trial, or orders it onto the short calendar list on terms.
What does it mean to mark a filing “assigned for trial”?
When a paper short calendar matter or reclaim slip is filed in a case already assigned for trial, the filing party must write “assigned for trial” on the bottom of the first page and any reclaim slip, and say so at the hearing.
What can I do if my motion goes off the short calendar without a decision?
Any party may claim the motion for adjudication, and the same right applies to an objection to a request or to a motion that must be resolved to close the pleadings in a case on the docket management list.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 11-13). 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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