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Conn. Practice Book § 25-9
Answer, Cross Complaint, Claims for Relief by Defendant
The defendant in a dissolution of marriage or
civil union, legal separation, or annulment matter
may file, in addition to the above mentioned pleadings, one of the following pleadings which shall
comply with Sections 10-1, 10-3, 10-5, 10-7, 10-
8 and 10-12 through 10-17, 10-18 and 10-19
inclusive:
(1) An answer may be filed which denies or
admits the allegations of the complaint, or which
states that the defendant has insufficient information to form a belief and leaves the pleader to his or
her proof, and which may set forth the defendant’s
claims for relief.
(2) An answer and cross complaint may be filed
which denies or admits the allegations of the complaint, or which states that the defendant has
insufficient information to form a belief and leaves
the pleader to his or her proof, and which alleges
the grounds upon which a dissolution, legal separation or annulment is sought by the defendant
and specifies therein the claims for relief.
History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 456.) (Amended June 28, 1999, to take effect Jan. 1, 2000; amended June 26, 2006, to take effect Jan. 1, 2007.)
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