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OFFICIAL

2023

CONNECTICUT PRACTICE BOOK

(Revision of 1998)

OFFICIAL

2023

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

Published by

The Commission on Official Legal Publications

Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut ¬2023 by the Secretary of the State, State of Connecticut Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut

EXPLANATORY NOTES

The Superior Court Rules as organized herein were first published in the Connecticut Law Journal dated July 29, 1997. This 2023 edition of the Practice Book contains amendments to the The amendments were published in the Connecticut Law Journals dated July 12, 2022, and

July 26, 2022.

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 chap- ter, 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 paren- theses, (a), (b), subdivisions are designated by numbers in parentheses, (1), (2), and subpara- graphs 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 modeledon 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 num- bers 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 nota- tion 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 Com- mentaries 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 and 2021 Commentaries to Section 1-10B, the 2021 to Section 25-6A and the 2022 Commentary to Section 37-1 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 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 iii Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut and Code of Judicial Conduct are adopted by the judges and justices and are printed in every edition of the Practice Book. 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.

TheRulesofAppellateProcedure

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 reorganiz- ing 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 pro- ceedings were organized into separate chapters. No substantive changes were made in the course of reorganization, but there were editorial changes. In the Connecticut Law Journal of July 13, 2021, certain rules pertaining to briefing and the preparation of the appellate record were amended and/or adopted. This edition of the Practice Book contains two versions of certain of those rules, indicating whether the rule is applicable to appeals filed before October 1, 2021, or applicable to appeals filed on or after October 1, 2021. In the 2022 edition of the Practice Book, there were two versions of Section

63-4. Only one version of that rule is included in this edition, and the parenthetical indicating

to which appeals it applies has been removed.

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 the original numbers of the juvenile rules were retained whenever possible.

Appendicesandnotices

dix 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, and January 26, 2021. The public health emergency was renewed on June 28, 2022, and is scheduled to expire on December 28, 2022, or when the federal public health emergency ends. Subsequent changes may be adopted. Refer to www.jud.ct. gov, www.jud.ct.gov/COVID19.htm, and www.jud.ct.gov/pb.htm for updates.iv Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

Rules of Professional Conduct

Preamble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Rules and Commentaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Code of Judicial Conduct

Preamble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Canons, Rules and Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Superior Court Rules and Rules of Appellate Procedure Chapter and Section Headings of the Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Superior CourtÐGeneral Provisions

Chapter 1 Scope of Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Chapter 2 Attorneys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Chapter 3 Appearances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Chapter 4 Pleadings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Chapter 5 Trials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Chapter 6 Judgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Chapter 7 Clerks; Files and Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Superior CourtÐProcedure in Civil Matters

Chapter 8 Commencement of Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Chapter 9 Parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Chapter 10 Pleadings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Chapter 11 Motions, Requests, Orders of Notice and Short Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Chapter 12 Transfer of Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Chapter 13 Discovery and Depositions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Chapter 14 Dockets, Trial Lists, Pretrials and Assignment Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Chapter 15 Trials in General; Argument by Counsel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Chapter 16 Jury Trials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Chapter 17 Judgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Chapter 18 Fees and Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Chapter 19 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

Chapter 20 Hearings in Chambers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Chapter 21 Receivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274

Chapter 22 Unemployment Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277 Chapter 23 Miscellaneous Remedies and Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Chapter 24 Small Claims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Superior CourtÐProcedure in Family Matters

Chapter 25 General Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296

Superior CourtÐProcedure in Family Support Magistrate Matters

Chapter 25a Family Support Magistrate Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Superior CourtÐProcedure in Juvenile Matters

Chapter 26 General Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

v Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut Chapter 27 Reception and Processing of Delinquency Complaints or Petitions. . . . . . . . .330 Chapter 28 Delinquency and Family with Service Needs Nonjudicial Supervision [Repealed].333 Chapter 29 Reception and Processing of Delinquency Petitions and Delinquency Informations334

Chapter 30 Detention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Chapter 30a Delinquency Hearings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

Chapter 31 Delinquency and Family with Service Needs Hearing [Repealed]. . . . . . . . . .342 Chapter 31a Delinquency Motions and Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343 Chapter 32 Neglected, Uncared for and Dependent Children and Termination of Parental Rights

[Repealed]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Chapter 32a Rights of Parties, Neglected, Abused and Uncared for Children and Termination

of Parental Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348

Chapter 33 Hearings concerning Neglected, Uncared for and Dependent Children and Termina- tion of Parental Rights [Repealed]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351 Chapter 33a Petitions for Neglect, Uncared for, Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights: Initiation of Proceedings, Orders of Temporary Custody and Preliminary Hearings. . . . .352

Chapter 34 Rights of Parties [Repealed]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

Chapter 34a Pleadings, Motions and Discovery Neglected, Abused and Uncared for Children and Termination of Parental Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Chapter 35 General Provisions [Repealed]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Chapter 35a Hearings concerning Neglected, Abused and Uncared for Children and Termination

of Parental Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Superior CourtÐProcedure in Criminal Matters

Chapter 36 Procedure Prior to Appearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Chapter 37 Arraignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

Chapter 38 Pretrial Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

Chapter 39 Disposition without Trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389

Chapter 40 Discovery and Depositions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394

Chapter 41 Pretrial Motions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

Chapter 42 Trial Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409

Chapter 43 Sentencing, Judgment, and Appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Chapter 44 General Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430

Rules of Appellate Procedure

Chapter 60 General Provisions Relating to Appellate Rules and Appellate Review. . . . . . .438

Chapter 61 Remedy by Appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Chapter 62 Chief Judge, Appellate Clerk and Docket: General Administrative Matters. . . . .452

Chapter 63 Filing the Appeal; Withdrawals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457

Chapter 64 Procedure concerning Memorandum of Decision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464

Chapter 65 Transfer of Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465

Chapter 66 Motions and Other Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467

Chapter 67 Briefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472

Chapter 68 Case File and Clerk Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486

Chapter 69 Assignment of Cases for Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490 Chapter 70 Arguments and Media Coverage of Court Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 Chapter 71 Appellate Judgments and Opinions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494

Chapter 72 Writs of Error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496

Chapter 73 Reservations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499

Chapter 74 Decisions of Judicial Review Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501

Chapter 75 Appeals from Council on Probate Judicial Conduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503 Chapter 76 Appeals in Workers' Compensation Cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504 vi Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut Chapter 77 Procedures concerning Court Closure and Sealing Orders or Orders Limiting the Disclosure of Files, Affidavits, Documents or Other Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506 Chapter 78 Review of Grand Jury Record or Finding Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509 Chapter 78a Review of Orders concerning Release on Bail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510 Chapter 78b Review of Orders Denying Application for waiver of Fees to Commence a Civil Action or a Writ of Habeas Corpus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511

Chapter 79 Appeals in Juvenile Matters [Repealed]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512

Chapter 79a Appeals in Child Protection Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513

Chapter 80 Appeals in Habeas Corpus Proceedings Following Conviction. . . . . . . . . . . .519 Chapter 81 Appeals to Appellate Court by Certification for Review in Accordance with General Statutes Chapters 124 and 440. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520 Chapter 82 Certified Questions to or from Courts of Other Jurisdictions. . . . . . . . . . . . .523 Chapter 83 Certification Pursuant to General Statutes § 52-265a in Cases of Substantial Public

Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525

Chapter 84 Appeals to Supreme Court by Certification for Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526 Chapter 84a Matters within Supreme Court's Original Jurisdiction in which Facts May Be Found530

Chapter 85 Sanctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531

Chapter 86 Rule Changes; Effective Date; Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532

Tables and Index

Reference Table 1978-1997 to 1998. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533

Reference Table 1998 to 1978-1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546

Table of Statutes Noted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561

Appendix: Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597

Official Judicial Branch Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685

Superior Court Standing Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .686

Appendix of Section 1-9B Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .687

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RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTTHE ATTORNEY'S OATH

You solemnly swear or solemnly and sincerely affirm, as the case may be, that you will do nothing dishonest, and will not knowingly allow anything dishonest to be done in court, and that you will inform the court of any dishonesty of which you have knowledge; that you will not knowingly maintain or assist in maintaining any cause of action that is false or unlawful; that you will not obstruct any cause of action for personal gain or malice; but that you will exercise the office of attorney, in any court in which you may practice, according to the best of your learning and judgment, faithfully, to both your client and the court; so help you God or upon penalty of perjury. (General Statutes § 1-25 and annotations.) (Amended pursuant to Public Act 02-71 to take effect Oct. 1, 2002.)

RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Preamble

Scope Rules

Commentaries

Preamble: A Lawyer's Responsibilities

A lawyer, as a member of the legal profession,

is a representative of clients, an officer of the legal system and a public citizen having special respon- sibility for the quality of justice.

As a representative of clients, a lawyer per-

forms various functions. As advisor, a lawyer pro- vides a client with an informed understanding of the client's legal rights and obligations and explains their practical implications. As advocate, a lawyer zealously asserts the client's position under the rules of the adversary system. As negotiator, a lawyer seeks a result advantageous to the client with others. As evaluator, a lawyer examines a client's legal affairs and reports about them to the client or to others on the client's behalf.

In addition to these representational functions,

alawyermayserveas athird-partyneutral,anon- a dispute or other matter. Some of these Rules apply directly to lawyers who are or have served as third-party neutrals. See, e.g., Rules 1.12 and

2.4. In addition, there are Rules that apply to law-

yers who are not active in the practice of law or to practicing lawyers even when they are acting in who commits fraud in the conduct of a business is subject to discipline for engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepre- sentation. See Rule 8.4. 1

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competent, prompt and diligent. A lawyer should maintain communication with a client concerning the representation. A lawyer should keep in confi- dence information relating to representation of a client except so far as disclosure is required or permitted by the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law. ments of the law, both in professional service to clients and in the lawyer's business and personal affairs. A lawyer should use the law's procedures only for legitimate purposes and not to harass or intimidate others. A lawyer should demonstrate respect for the legal system and for those who officials. While it is a lawyer's duty, when neces- sary, to challenge the rectitude of official action, it is also a lawyer's duty to uphold legal process.

As a public citizen, a lawyer should seek

improvement of the law, access to the legal sys- tem, the administration of justice and the quality of service rendered by the legal profession. As a member of a learned profession, a lawyer should cultivate knowledge of the law beyond its use for clients, employ that knowledge in reform of the law and work to strengthen legal education. All lawyers should work to ensure equal access to our system of justice for all those who, because of economic or social barriers, cannot afford or secure adequate legal counsel. A lawyer should RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTaid the legal profession in pursuing these objec- tives and should help the bar regulate itself in the public interest.Many of a lawyer's professional responsibili-quotesdbs_dbs47.pdfusesText_47

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