Connecticut procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Connecticut Practice Book, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a Connecticut complaint: there is no 20-day answer deadlineConnecticut has no fixed answer deadline. An appearance is due by the second day after the return day, and Practice Book § 10-8 requires each pleading to advance one step every 30 days.
• The Connecticut motion to strike: file it out of order and you have waived itConnecticut tests the legal sufficiency of a pleading by motion to strike under Practice Book § 10-39 — and § 10-7 waives it automatically if you file anything that comes later in the order of pleading first.
• Setting aside a Connecticut default: file before judgment and it vanishes by operation of lawIn Connecticut a default for failure to appear or plead is set aside automatically once you file — but after judgment you have four months and a verified motion.
• The Connecticut motion for compliance: answering misleadingly is its own groundConnecticut Practice Book § 13-14 reaches answers given falsely or in a manner calculated to mislead, and requires any sanction to be proportional to the noncompliance.
• Connecticut summary judgment: whether you need permission depends on the scheduling orderConnecticut Practice Book § 17-44 sets three different regimes depending on whether a scheduling order exists and whether the case is assigned for trial, then § 17-45 gives 45 days to respond and 45 before the short calendar.
• The Connecticut motion to dismiss: four grounds only, and thirty days from your appearanceConnecticut Practice Book § 10-30 limits the motion to dismiss to four jurisdictional grounds and requires it within thirty days of filing an appearance — not thirty days from service.
• Connecticut requests for admission: the thirty days run from the notice, not the requestConnecticut requests for admission are not filed with the court — a notice of service is — and the thirty-day response period runs from the filing of that notice, not from service of the request.
• Connecticut subpoenas: a self-represented litigant has to summarize the testimony firstConnecticut requires a self-represented party to apply to a judge for a subpoena, with a summary of each witness's expected testimony, and requires a costs affidavit from a non-party objecting on expense grounds.

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