Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceThis section requires sworn financial statements at least five business days before a financial hearing and within thirty days before the decree, requires written proposed orders covering the listed subjects, and requires a child support guidelines worksheet and an income withholding advisement form.
(a)At least five business days before the hearing date of a motion or order to show cause concerning alimony, support, or counsel fees, or at the time a dissolution of marriage or civil union, legal separation or annulment action or action for custody or visitation is scheduled for a hearing, each party shall file, where applicable, a sworn statement substantially in accordance with a form prescribed by the chief court administrator, of current income, expenses, assets and liabilities. When the attorney general has appeared as a party in interest, a copy of the sworn statements shall be served upon the attorney general in accordance with Sections 10-12 through 10-17. Unless otherwise ordered by the judicial authority, all appearing parties shall file sworn statements within thirty days prior to the date of the decree. Notwithstanding the above, the court may render pendente lite and permanent orders, including judgment, in the absence of the opposing party’s sworn statement.
(b)At least five business days before the scheduled family special masters session, alternative dispute resolution session, or judicial pretrial, the parties shall serve on each appearing party, but not file with the court, written proposed orders, and, unless the matter is uncontested or the defendant has not appeared, at least five business days prior to the date of the final hearing or trial, the parties shall file with the court and serve on each appearing party written proposed orders.
(c)The written proposed orders shall be comprehensive and shall set forth the party’s requested relief including, where applicable, the following:
(1)a parenting plan;
(2)alimony;
(3)child support;
(4)property division;
(5)counsel fees;
(6)life insurance;
(7)medical insurance; and
(8)division of liabilities.
(d)The proposed orders shall be neither factual nor argumentative but shall, instead, only set forth the party’s claims.
(e)Where there is a minor child who requires support, the parties shall file a completed child support and arrearage guidelines worksheet at the time of any court hearing concerning child support; or at the time of a final hearing in an action for dissolution of marriage or civil union, legal separation, annulment, custody or visitation.
(f)At the time of any hearing, including pendente lite and postjudgment proceedings, in which a moving party seeks a determination, modification, or enforcement of any alimony or child support order, a party shall submit an Advisement of Rights Re: Income Withholding Form (JD-FM-71).
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Amendment History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 463.) (Amended June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003; amended June 26, 2006, to take effect Jan. 1, 2007; amended June 14, 2024, to take effect Jan. 1, 2025.)
Plain-English Summary
The financial affidavit. At least five business days before the hearing date of a motion or order to show cause about alimony, support or counsel fees — or when a dissolution, legal separation, annulment, custody or visitation action is scheduled for hearing — each party files a sworn statement, on the form the chief court administrator prescribes, of current income, expenses, assets and liabilities. Where the attorney general has appeared as a party in interest, a copy is served on the attorney general. Unless the court orders otherwise, all appearing parties file sworn statements within thirty days prior to the date of the decree. Even so, the court may render pendente lite and permanent orders, including judgment, without the opposing party’s statement — the requirement binds the parties without letting one of them stall the case by ignoring it.
Proposed orders. At least five business days before a family special masters session, an alternative dispute resolution session or a judicial pretrial, the parties serve written proposed orders on each appearing party but do not file them with the court. At least five business days before the final hearing or trial they both serve and file them, unless the matter is uncontested or the defendant has not appeared.
The proposed orders must be comprehensive and set out the requested relief, including where applicable a parenting plan, alimony, child support, property division, counsel fees, life insurance, medical insurance and the division of liabilities. They must be neither factual nor argumentative — only the party’s claims. A proposed order is a statement of what you want, not a brief about why you should have it.
Two further filings. Where a minor child requires support, the parties file a completed child support and arrearage guidelines worksheet at any hearing concerning child support, or at the final hearing. And at any hearing where a party seeks the determination, modification or enforcement of alimony or child support, that party submits the Advisement of Rights form on income withholding.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is a financial affidavit due in a Connecticut family case?
At least five business days before the hearing on a motion or order to show cause concerning alimony, support or counsel fees, or when the action is scheduled for hearing; and, unless otherwise ordered, within thirty days prior to the date of the decree.
What are proposed orders and when are they filed?
Written statements of the relief a party seeks. They are served but not filed at least five business days before a special masters session, ADR session or judicial pretrial, and both filed and served at least five business days before the final hearing or trial.
What must proposed orders cover?
Where applicable: a parenting plan, alimony, child support, property division, counsel fees, life insurance, medical insurance and division of liabilities. They must be neither factual nor argumentative.
Can the court enter orders without the other side’s financial statement?
Yes. The court may render pendente lite and permanent orders, including judgment, in the absence of the opposing party’s sworn statement.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 25-30). 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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