Conn. Practice Book § 83-1 (2026)

Sec. 83-1. Time To File; Where To File (Amended July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) Within fourteen days of the issuance of an order or decision of the Superior Court involving a mat- ter of substantial public interest pursuant to Gen- eral Statutes § 52-265a, any party may file an application for certification by the chief justice. The applicant shall deliver a copy of the application to every other party in the manner set forth in Section 62-7. The appellate clerk will send notice of the filing to the trial judge and the clerk of the trial court that rendered the decision sought to be appealed. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 4177.) (Amended July 26, 2000, to take effect Jan. 1, 2001; amended Jan. 31, 2013, to take effect April 19, 2013; amended Sept. 16, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016; amended July 19, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023; amended June 27, 2023, to take effect Jan. 1, 2024; amended July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) HISTORY—2026: Prior to 2026, this section was titled ‘‘Application; In General,’’ and provided: ‘‘Within two weeks of the issuance of an order or decision of the Superior Court involving a matter of substantial public interest pursuant to General Statutes § 52-265a, any party may file an application for certification by the chief justice. The application for certification shall contain: (1) the question of law on which the appeal is to be based; (2) a description of the substantial public interest that is alleged to be involved; (3) an explanation as to why delay may work a substantial injustice; and (4) an appendix with: (A) the decision or order of the Superior Court sought to be appealed and (B) a list of all parties to the case in the Superior Court with the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and, if appli- cable, the juris numbers of their counsel. If the party in a civil matter is an entity as defined in Section 60-4, counsel of record must also provide a certificate of interested entities or individuals in the appendix. ‘‘Using an expeditious delivery method such as overnight mail or facsimile or other electronic medium, in addition to the certification requirements of Section 62-7, the party submitting the application shall also notify the trial judge and the clerk of the trial court that rendered the decision sought to be appealed. ‘‘A party response to the application must be filed within five days from the filing of the application.’’ COMMENTARY—2026: The purpose of these amend- ments is to update the rule to conform to current practice, to make the format for applications pursuant to General Statutes § 52-265a more consistent with the format for motions, and to provide that parties are required to file a certificate of interested 527 83-2. Application Granted 83-3. Application Denied 83-4. Unavailability of Chief Justice entities or individuals only when the reviewing court orders the parties to file the certificate when necessary. Sec. 83-1A. Form of Application (a) The application for certification shall contain: (1) the question of law on which the appeal is to be based; (2) a description of the substantial public interest that is alleged to be involved; (3) an expla- nation as to why delay may work a substantial injustice; (4) an appendix with: (A) the decision or order of the Superior Court sought to be appealed and (B) a list of all parties to the case in the Superior Court with the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and, if appli- cable, the juris numbers of their counsel; and (5) a certification that: (1) a copy has been delivered to each other counsel of record in accordance with the provisions of Section 62-7, and (2) that the application complies with the word count requirement of subsection (b) of this section. (b) Except as otherwise ordered, the application shall not exceed 4000 words. The word count is exclusive of the case caption, signature block of counsel of record, certifications and appendix. Applications, including footnotes, shall be typed in a 12 point serif font. Section captions shall be typed in a 14 point serif font. A list of serif fonts can be found in the guidelines published on the Judicial Branch website. Margins shall be 1 and 1/2 inches on all sides. All text must be left aligned. Line spacing can be between 1.3x and 1.5x and must be uniform throughout, including the body of the document, footnotes and block quotes. Bold face or italic emphasis tools shall be used, not underlining. Applications shall be filed as one document with a single pagination scheme that starts on the first page of the application and continues throughout the entire document, on every page, including the pages in an attached appendix. The page num- bers shall be centered on the bottom of the page and shall be written as ‘‘Page X of XX’’ (e.g., Page 1 of 33 . . . Page 7 of 33 . . . Page 33 of 33). (Adopted July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.)

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