Conn. Practice Book § 25-16 (2026)

Sec. 25-16. Motion To Strike; In General (a) Whenever any party wishes to contest (1) the legal sufficiency of the allegations of any complaint or cross complaint, or of any one or more counts thereof, to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or (2) the legal sufficiency of any claim for relief in any such complaint or cross complaint, or (3) the legal sufficiency of any such complaint or cross complaint, or any count thereof, because of the absence of any necessary party, or (4) the joining of two or more causes of action which cannot properly be united in one complaint or cross complaint, whether the same be stated in one or more counts, or (5) the legal sufficiency of any answer to any complaint or cross complaint, or any part of that answer con- tained therein, that party may do so by filing a motion to strike the contested pleading or part thereof. (b) A motion to strike on the ground of the non- joinder of a necessary party must give the name

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