Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-607 (2026)

Other rights of action preserved

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The right of a judgment creditor to proceed by an action on the judgment or a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint instead of proceeding under sections 52-604 to 52-609, inclusive, remains unimpaired.

(P.A. 73-498, S. 5.)

Cited. 45 CA 798.

Cited. 38 CS 468.

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Cited in 11 cases, 1982–2016 · leading case: Seaboard Sur. Co. v. Waterbury, 451 A.2d 291 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1982).

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Seaboard Sur. Co. v. Waterbury, 451 A.2d 291 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1982). · cites it 6× “This claim ignores the existence of General Statutes § 52-607, however, which is dispositive of the issue.”

Maltas v. Maltas, 2 A.3d 902 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 4× “On July 31, 2007, the plaintiff filed this action in Connecticut, seeking to enforce the Alaska default judgment against the defendant pursuant to General Statutes § 52-607. 3 The Connecticut complaint alleged the existence of the Alaska default judgment, and that the defendant…”

Cahaly v. Benistar Prop. Exch. Trust Co., 842 A.2d 1113 (Conn. 2004). · cites it 2× “In the present case, the plaintiff appears to base her complaint on a common-law action on the foreign judgment Although the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, General Statutes § 52-604 et seq., provides the most expeditious method for enforcing a foreign judgment,…”

Tri-State Tank Corp. v. Higganum Heating, Inc., 699 A.2d 201 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 52-607 provides: “The right of a judgment creditor to proceed by an action on the judgment or a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint instead of proceeding under sections 52-604 to 52-609, inclusive, remains unimpaired.”

Meribear Prods., Inc. v. Frank, 140 A.3d 993 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “"The Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, General Statutes § 52-604 et seq., provides a simplified procedure to enforce foreign judgments not obtained by default.”

Regents of the Univ. of California v. Golf Mktg., LLC, 885 A.2d 201 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 4× “Under appropriate circumstances, General Statutes § 52-607 1 authorizes a foreign judgment creditor to seek the enforcement of a judgment in this state even if that judgment was entered by default in the foreign state.”

Moasser v. Becker, 828 A.2d 116 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “” They are instructive, however, because they suggest that even in the case of a judgment clearly falling within the statutory definition of “foreign judgment,” 5 the provisions of the UEFJA do not establish a mandatory jurisdictional prerequisite to recognition of the judgment…”

Bus. All. Capital Corp. v. Fuselier, 871 A.2d 1051 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “) General Statutes § 52-607 provides, however, that “[t]he right of a judgment creditor to proceed by an action on the judgment or a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint instead of proceeding under sections 52-604 to 52-609, inclusive, remains unimpaired.”

J. Corda Constr. Inc. v. Zaleski Corp., 911 A.2d 309 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 52-607 provides, however, that [t]he right of a judgment creditor to proceed by an action on the judgment or a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint insteadof proceeding under sections 52-604 to 52-609, inclusive, *523 remains unimpaired.”

Cahaly v. Benistar Prop. Exch. Trust Co., 812 A.2d 1 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “The remedy of an action on the judgment, of course, survives the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; see General Statutes § 52-607; and so it is a proper cause of action, despite the more expeditious filing procedure provided by General Statutes § 52-605.”

Cummings Props., LLC v. Ctr. IMT, Inc., 38 A.3d 208 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “On October 29, 2010, the plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment, pursuant to General Statutes § 52-607, to which it attached the Massachusetts judgment.”

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