Section 25-39.Miscellaneous Rules
Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceThis section applies a list of general civil rules to family matters, except as Section 25-51 provides.
Full Text of Section 25-39
Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-51, the provisions of Sections 7-19, 17-20, 18-5, 18-9, 20-1, 20-3, 23-67 and 23-68 of the rules of practice shall apply to family matters as defined in Section 25-1.
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Amendment History
(P.B. 1998.) (Amended Dec. 19, 2006, to take effect March 12, 2007.)
Plain-English Summary
Another borrowing provision. The listed general civil rules — covering matters from the clerk’s duties through defaults, fees, hearings and other proceedings — apply to family matters as Section 25-1 defines them.
The exception is Section 25-51, which displaces the ordinary default-for-failure-to-appear rule in dissolution, legal separation and annulment cases where the defendant has not appeared.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which general rules apply to Connecticut family matters?
The listed provisions of the rules of practice apply to family matters as defined in Section 25-1, except as otherwise provided in Section 25-51.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 25-39). 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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