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OFFICIAL

2021

CONNECTICUT PRACTICE BOOK

(Revision of 1998)

CONTAINING

RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT

RULES FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

APPENDIX OF FORMS NOTICE REGARDING OFFICIAL JUDICIAL BRANCH FORMS

APPENDIX OF SECTION 1-9B CHANGES

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

The Superior Court Rules as organized herein were first published in the Connecticut Law Journal dated July 29, 1997. This 2021 edition of the Practice Book contains amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct, the Superior Court Rules and the Rules of Appellate Procedure. The amendments were published in the Connecticut Law Journals dated February 11, 2020, July 14, 2020, and August 4, 2020.

The system used to number each section is based on the chapter in which the section is located. Each section has a two part number. The first part of the number designates the chapter, and the second part designates the number of the section within that chapter. (Chapter 1 begins with 1-1, chapter 2 with 2-1, etc.) The internal breakdown of individual rules follows the style of the General Statutes. Subsections are designated by lower case letters in parentheses, (a), (b), subdivisions are designated by numbers in parentheses, (1), (2), and subparagraphs are designated by upper case letters in parentheses, (A), (B).

Origin of the rules. A parenthetical notation about the origin of each rule is found at the end of every section in this volume. The notation (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. ) indicates the number of the section in the 1978-1997 Practice Book corresponding to the current section. Current numbers of any sections corresponding to the sections in the 1978-1997 Practice Book appear in the Reference Tables following the text of the rules. The notation (1998) indicates that the section was new in the 1998 Practice Book, taking effect October 1, 1997. The notation (See P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. ) (1998) indicates that the section was modeled on a rule in the 1978-1997 Practice Book but was actually adopted for the first time to take effect October 1, 1997. There may be significant differences between the rules in this volume and those in the 1978-1997 Practice Book on which they were modeled. The temporary numbers assigned to those rules in the July 29, 1997 Connecticut Law Journal, where they were originally published, appear in the Reference Tables following the text of the rules.

When a section was adopted or amended after 1997, a parenthetical notation to that effect appears either immediately following the text of the section or following the parenthetical notation concerning the derivation of the section. When the title to a section has been amended, a parenthetical notation appears immediately following the title.

Histories and commentaries. Histories describing the nature of amendments and Commentaries indicating the intended purpose of new rules or amendments to existing rules are printed following the text of new or amended rules. Histories and Commentaries are included for only those rules that were adopted or amended to take effect in the year corresponding to the current edition of the Practice Book, with the following exceptions: (1) the Histories and Commentaries to the rules on sealing of files and closure of the courtroom will be retained on a cumulative basis; (2) the 2014 Commentary to Section 1-10B and the 2017 Commentary to Section 2-27A have been retained; and (3) Commentaries to certain sections of the Rules of Appellate Procedure have been retained. Users wanting to access the Histories documenting rule changes and Commentaries to new or amended rules, in a given year, should not discard the corresponding edition of the Practice Book. For example, Histories and Commentaries corresponding to rule changes to take effect January 1, 2021, will appear only in the 2021 edition of the Practice Book and not in subsequent editions, unless the rule falls into one of the exceptions, listed previously.

The Commentaries to the rules of practice are included in this volume for informational purposes only. Commentaries to those rules are not adopted by the Judges and Justices when they vote to adopt proposed rule changes. Commentaries to the Rules of Professional Conduct and Code of Judicial Conduct are adopted by the Judges and Justices and are printed in every edition of the Practice Book.

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Beginning in 2000, Amendment Notes were incorporated into the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Code of Judicial Conduct. Those notes, approved by the Rules Committee of the Superior Court to explain the revisions to the Rules of Professional Conduct and Code of Judicial Conduct, appear only in the edition of the Practice Book corresponding to the year of the revision and not in subsequent editions.

Every year, certain nonsubstantive, technical editorial changes are made to a number of the rules. Some, but not all, of these changes are explained in Technical Change notes.

The Rules of Appellate Procedure. The reorganization of the Rules of Appellate Procedure in 1998 was completed subsequent to the publication of the July 29, 1997 Connecticut Law Journal and was published in this volume for the first time in 1998. The goal in reorganizing the Rules of Appellate Procedure was to present them in the order in which an appellant might approach the appeal process, i.e., rules on whether to appeal, how to file, what to do next, when argument will take place, opinions and reargument. Rules on various special proceedings were organized into separate chapters. No substantive changes were made in the course of reorganization, but there were editorial changes.

Juvenile matters. Effective January 1, 2003, the rules pertaining to procedure in juvenile matters were amended and reorganized. The amendments initially were published in the Connecticut Law Journal of July 23, 2002. The July 23, 2002 Connecticut Law Journal gave notice that the rules on juvenile matters, which, since 1998, had been found in chapters 26 through 35, had been moved to chapters 26a through 35a. In the Practice Book itself, however, the original numbers of the juvenile rules were retained whenever possible.

Appendices and notices. In 2002, an Appendix was added following the Index. The Appendix contains certain forms that previously had been in Volume 2 of the 1978-1997 Practice Book. The Appendix of Superior Court Standing Orders, which was added in 2010, was removed in 2012. A notice referring the reader to the Judicial Branch website for access to the Superior Court Standing Orders was substituted in its place. The Index of Official Judicial Branch Forms Used in Civil, Family and Juvenile Matters, which was added in 2010, was removed in 2018. A notice referring the reader to the Judicial Branch website for access to official Judicial Branch forms was substituted in its place. In 2021, a temporary appendix was added noting various changes enacted by the Rules Committee of the Superior Court, and subsequently adopted by the judges of the Superior Court, pursuant to Section 1-9B, in response to the public health emergency and the civil preparedness emergency initially declared by Governor Lamont on March 10, 2020, and then renewed by him on September 1, 2020. Subsequent changes may be adopted. Refer to jud., jud.COVID19.htm, and jud.pb.htm for updates.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Attorney's Oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Rules of Professional Conduct

Preamble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Rules and Commentaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Code of Judicial Conduct Preamble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Canons, Rules and Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Superior Court Rules and Rules of Appellate Procedure

Chapter and Section Headings of the Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Superior Court--General Provisions

Chapter 1 Scope of Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Chapter 2 Attorneys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Chapter 3 Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Chapter 4 Pleadings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Chapter 5 Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Chapter 6 Judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Chapter 7 Clerks; Files and Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Superior Court--Procedure in Civil Matters

Chapter 8 Commencement of Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Chapter 9 Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Chapter 10 Pleadings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Chapter 11 Motions, Requests, Orders of Notice, and Short Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Chapter 12 Transfer of Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Chapter 13 Discovery and Depositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Chapter 14 Dockets, Trial Lists, Pretrials and Assignment Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Chapter 15 Trials in General; Argument by Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Chapter 16 Jury Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Chapter 17 Judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Chapter 18 Fees and Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Chapter 19 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Chapter 20 Hearings in Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Chapter 21 Receivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Chapter 22 Unemployment Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Chapter 23 Miscellaneous Remedies and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Chapter 24 Small Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Superior Court--Procedure in Family Matters

Chapter 25 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Superior Court--Procedure in Family Support Magistrate Matters

Chapter 25a Family Support Magistrate Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Superior Court--Procedure in Juvenile Matters

Chapter 26 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

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Chapter 27 Reception and Processing of Delinquency and Family with Service Needs Complaints or Petitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Chapter 28 Delinquency and Family with Service Needs Nonjudicial Supervision [Repealed] . 325 Chapter 29 Reception and Processing of Delinquency and Child from Family with Service Needs

Petitions and Delinquency Informations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Chapter 30 Detention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Chapter 30a Delinquency and Family with Service Needs Hearings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Chapter 31 Delinquency and Family with Service Needs Hearing [Repealed] . . . . . . . . . . 333 Chapter 31a Delinquency and Family with Service Needs Motions and Applications . . . . . . 334 Chapter 32 Neglected, Uncared for and Dependent Children and Termination of Parental Rights

[Repealed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Chapter 32a Rights of Parties, Neglected, Abused and Uncared for Children and Termination

of Parental Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Chapter 33 Hearings concerning Neglected, Uncared for and Dependent Children and Termina-

tion of Parental Rights [Repealed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Chapter 33a Petitions for Neglect, Uncared for, Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights:

Initiation of Proceedings, Orders of Temporary Custody and Preliminary Hearings . . . . . 345 Chapter 34 Rights of Parties [Repealed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Chapter 34a Pleadings, Motions and Discovery Neglected, Abused and Uncared for Children

and Termination of Parental Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Chapter 35 General Provisions [Repealed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Chapter 35a Hearings concerning Neglected, Abused and Uncared for Children and Termination

of Parental Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Superior Court--Procedure in Criminal Matters

Chapter 36 Procedure Prior to Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Chapter 37 Arraignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Chapter 38 Pretrial Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Chapter 39 Disposition without Trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Chapter 40 Discovery and Depositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Chapter 41 Pretrial Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Chapter 42 Trial Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Chapter 43 Sentencing, Judgment, and Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Chapter 44 General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Rules of Appellate Procedure

Chapter 60 General Provisions Relating to Appellate Rules and Appellate Review . . . . . . . 429 Chapter 61 Remedy by Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Chapter 62 Chief Judge, Appellate Clerk and Docket: General Administrative Matters . . . . . 442 Chapter 63 Filing the Appeal; Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Chapter 64 Procedure concerning Memorandum of Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 Chapter 65 Transfer of Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Chapter 66 Motions and Other Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Chapter 67 Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Chapter 68 Case File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 Chapter 69 Assignment of Cases for Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Chapter 70 Arguments and Media Coverage of Court Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Chapter 71 Appellate Judgments and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Chapter 72 Writs of Error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 Chapter 73 Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Chapter 74 Decisions of Judicial Review Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Chapter 75 Appeals from Council on Probate Judicial Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Chapter 76 Appeals in Workers' Compensation Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

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Chapter 77 Procedures concerning Court Closure and Sealing Orders or Orders Limiting the Disclosure of Files, Affidavits, Documents or Other Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Chapter 78 Review of Grand Jury Record or Finding Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 Chapter 78a Review of Orders concerning Release on Bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 Chapter 79 Appeals in Juvenile Matters [Repealed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Chapter 79a Appeals in Child Protection Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 Chapter 80 Appeals in Habeas Corpus Proceedings Following Conviction . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 Chapter 81 Appeals to Appellate Court by Certification for Review in Accordance with General

Statutes Chapters 124 and 440 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 Chapter 82 Certified Questions to or from Courts of Other Jurisdictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Chapter 83 Certification Pursuant to General Statutes ? 52-265a in Cases of Substantial Public

Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Chapter 84 Appeals to Supreme Court by Certification for Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Chapter 84a Matters within Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction in which Facts May Be Found 506 Chapter 85 Sanctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Chapter 86 Rule Changes; Effective Date; Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Tables and Index Reference Table 1978-1997 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Reference Table 1998 to 1978-1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Table of Statutes Noted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 Appendix: Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 Official Judicial Branch Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Superior Court Standing Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 Appendix of Section 1-9B Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634

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