Conn. Practice Book § 17-20

for Failure To Appear

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if no

appearance has been entered for any party to any

action on or before the second day following the

return day, any other party to the action may make

a motion that a nonsuit or default be entered for

failure to appear.

(b) In an action commenced by a mortgagee

prior to July 1, 2014, for the foreclosure of (1) a

mortgage on residential real property consisting

of a one to four-family dwelling occupied as the

primary residence of the mortgagor, with a return

date on or after July 1, 2008, or (2) a mortgage

on real property owned by a religious organization

with a return date during the period from October

1, 2011, to June 30, 2014, inclusive, if no appearance has been entered for the mortgagor on or

before the fifteenth day after the return day or,

if the court has extended the time for filing an

appearance and no appearance has been entered

on or before the date ordered by the court, any

other party to the action may make a motion that

a default be entered for failure to appear.

(c) It shall be the responsibility of counsel filing

a motion for default for failure to appear to serve

the defaulting party with a copy of the motion.

Service and proof thereof may be made in accordance with Sections 10-12, 10-13 and 10-14. Upon

good cause shown, the judicial authority may dispense with this requirement when judgment is

rendered.

(d) Except as provided in Sections 17-23 through

17-30, motions for default for failure to appear

shall be acted on by the clerk not less than seven

days from the filing of the motion and shall not be

printed on the short calendar. The motion shall

be granted by the clerk if the party who is the

subject of the motion has not filed an appearance.

The provisions of Section 17-21 shall not apply

to such motions, but such provisions shall be complied with before a judgment may be entered after

default. If the defaulted party files an appearance

in the action prior to the entry of judgment after

default, the default shall automatically be set aside

by operation of law. A claim for a hearing in damages shall not be filed before the expiration of

fifteen days from the entry of a default under this

subsection, except as provided in Sections 17-23

through 17-30.

(e) A motion for nonsuit for failure to appear

shall be placed on the short calendar. If it is proper

to grant the motion, the judicial authority shall

grant it without the need for the moving party to

appear at the short calendar.

(f) The granting of a motion for nonsuit for failure

to appear or a motion for judgment after default

for failure to appear shall be subject to the provi -

sions of Sections 9-1 and 17-21. Such motion

shall contain either (1) a statement that a military

affidavit is attached thereto or (2) a statement,

with reasons therefor, that it is not necessary to

attach a military affidavit to the motion.