Conn. Practice Book § 25-26 (2026)

Sec. 25-26 of court, and, in its discretion, may determine whether any modification of current alimony and support shall be ordered prior to the payment, in whole or in part as the judicial authority may order, of any arrearage found to exist. (b) Either parent or both parents of minor chil- dren may be cited or summoned by any party to the action to appear and show cause, if any they have, why orders of custody, visitation, support or alimony should not be entered or modified. (c) If any applicant is proceeding without the assistance of counsel and citation of any other party is necessary, the applicant shall sign the application and present the application, proposed order and summons to the clerk; the clerk shall review the proposed order and summons and, unless it is defective as to form, shall sign the proposed order and summons and shall assign a date for a hearing or other court event on the appli- cation. (d) Each motion for modification of custody, visi- tation, alimony or child support shall state clearly in the caption of the motion whether it is a pen- dente lite or a postjudgment motion. (e) Each motion for modification shall state the specific factual and legal basis for the claimed modification and shall include the outstanding order and date thereof to which the motion for modification is addressed. (f) On motions addressed to financial issues, the provisions of Section 25-30 shall be followed. (g) Upon or after entry of judgment of a dissolu- tion of marriage, dissolution of civil union, legal separation or annulment, or upon or after entry of a judgment or final order of custody and/or visitation for a petition or petitions filed pursuant to Section 25-3 and/or Section 25-4, the judicial authority may order that any further motion for modification of a final custody or visitation order shall be appended with a request for leave to file such motion and shall conform to the require- ments of subsection (e) of this section. The spe- cific factual and legal basis for the claimed mod- ification shall be sworn to by the moving party or other person having personal knowledge of the facts recited therein. If no objection to the request has been filed by any party within ten days of the date of service of such request on the other party, the request for leave may be determined by the judicial authority with or without hearing. If an objection is filed, the request shall be placed on the next short calendar, unless the judicial author- ity otherwise directs. At such hearing, the moving party must demonstrate probable cause that grounds exist for the motion to be granted. If the judicial authority grants the request for leave, at any time during the pendency of such a motion 308 to modify, the judicial authority may determine whether discovery or a study or evaluation pursu- ant to Section 25-60 shall be permitted. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 464.) (Amended June 20, 2005, to take effect Jan. 1, 2006; amended June 29, 2007, to take effect Oct. 1, 2007; amended June 14, 2024, to take effect Jan. 1, 2025.)