Conn. Practice Book § 10-39

(a) A motion to strike shall be used whenever

any party wishes to contest: (1) the legal sufficiency of the allegations of any complaint, counterclaim or cross claim, 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

prayer for relief in any such complaint, counterclaim or cross complaint; or (3) the legal sufficiency of any such complaint, counterclaim or

cross complaint, or any count thereof, because

of the absence of any necessary party or, pursuant to Section 17-56 (b), the failure to join or give

notice to any interested person; or (4) the joining

of two or more causes of action which cannot

properly be united in one complaint, whether the

same be stated in one or more counts; or (5) the

legal sufficiency of any answer to any complaint,

counterclaim or cross complaint, or any part of

that answer including any special defense con -

tained therein.

(b) Each claim of legal insufficiency enumerated

in this section shall be separately set forth and

shall specify the reason or reasons for such

claimed insufficiency.

(c) Each motion to strike must be accompanied

by a memorandum of law citing the legal authorities upon which the motion relies.

(d) A motion to strike on the ground of the non-joinder of a necessary party or noncompliance

with Section 17-56 (b) must give the name and

residence of the missing party or interested person or such information as the moving party has

as to the identity and residence of the missing

party or interested person and must state the

missing party’s or interested person’s interest in

the cause of action.