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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-26c (2025)

Advancement of pleadings. Failure to plead

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All pleadings, including motions, shall advance at least one step within each successive period of three days from the preceding pleading or motion. If the defendant fails to plead within any such period, the complainant may file a motion for judgment for failure to plead, served upon the defendant in the manner provided in the rules adopted by the judges of the Superior Court for the service of pleadings. If the defendant fails to plead within three days after receipt of such motion by the clerk, the court shall forthwith enter judgment that the complainant recover possession or occupancy with costs.

(P.A. 79-571, S. 54; P.A. 04-127, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 04-127 added provisions re failure to plead and motion for judgment.

Cited. 217 C. 313.

Cited. 1 CA 439; 5 CA 417; 16 CA 574.

Cited. 38 CS 70.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2021 · leading case: City of Bridgeport v. Barbour-Daniel Elec., Inc., 548 A.2d 744 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988).
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City of Bridgeport v. Barbour-Daniel Elec., Inc., 548 A.2d 744 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 47a-26c. The plaintiff does not have the fifteen day period provided by Practice Book § 142.”
Tappin v. Homecomings Fin. Network, Inc., 830 A.2d 711 (Conn. 2003). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 47a-26c provides: “All pleadings, including motions, shall advance at least one step within each successive period of three days from the preceding pleading or motion.”
Purcell v. Slagle, 498 A.2d 144 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 6× “*419 In its written memorandum of decision, the trial court specifically found that the defendants’ second request to revise, filed on November 19, was a legal nullity which did not constitute a pleading within the requirements of General Statutes § 47a-26c, 2 because pleadings…”
Gorawara v. Caprio, No. 3:19-cv-00756 (D. Conn. Sept. 28, 2021). · cites it 6× “Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-26c Conn. Gen. Stat.”
Schaghticoke Indian Tribe v. Rost, 50 A.3d 411 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “Although, under our rules of practice, pleadings in summary process actions advance at a different pace from those in other civil matters; see General Statutes § 47a-26c; the aforementioned principles nevertheless remain applicable.”
Gorawara v. Caprio, No. 3:19-cv-00756 (D. Conn. Aug. 28, 2020). · cites it 2× “8 Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-26c provides: All pleadings, including motions, shall advance at least one step within each successive period of three days from the preceding pleading or motion.”
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