Section 25-29.Notice of Orders for Support or Alimony

Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026

In one sentenceThis section requires notice to a nonappearing party of any support or alimony order, and makes such an order ineffective until the order of notice is complied with or the party actually receives notice.

Full Text of Section 25-29

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In all dissolution of marriage or civil union, legal separation, annulment, custody or visitation actions, such notice as the judicial authority shall direct shall be given to nonappearing parties of any orders for support or alimony. No such order shall be effective until the order of notice shall have been complied with or the nonappearing party has actually received notice of such orders.

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Amendment History

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 462.) (Amended June 26, 2006, to take effect Jan. 1, 2007.)

Plain-English Summary

In dissolution, legal separation, annulment, custody and visitation actions, a party who has not appeared must still be told about orders for support or alimony, in whatever manner the judicial authority directs.

The second sentence gives that teeth. No such order is effective until the order of notice has been complied with, or the nonappearing party has actually received notice of the orders. A support obligation that someone does not know about cannot be enforced against them, and this section says so at the front end rather than leaving it to a later fight.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a support order bind a party who never appeared in Connecticut?

Not until the order of notice has been complied with or the nonappearing party has actually received notice of the order.

Who decides how notice is given?

The judicial authority directs the notice to be given to nonappearing parties of any orders for support or alimony.

Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 25-29). 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. · Official source

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