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Conn. Practice Book § 83-1A

Form of Application

activein force · 2026-01-01 – presentact-effective-date

(a) The application for certification shall contain:

(1) the question of law on which the appeal is to be

based; (2) a description of the substantial public

interest that is alleged to be involved; (3) an explanation as to why delay may work a substantial

injustice; (4) an appendix with: (A) the decision

or order of the Superior Court sought to be

appealed and (B) a list of all parties to the case

in the Superior Court with the names, addresses,

telephone numbers, email addresses and, if applicable, the juris numbers of their counsel; and (5)

a certification that: (1) a copy has been delivered

to each other counsel of record in accordance

with the provisions of Section 62-7, and (2) that

the application complies with the word count

requirement of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Except as otherwise ordered, the application

shall not exceed 4000 words. The word count is

exclusive of the case caption, signature block of

counsel of record, certifications and appendix.

Applications, including footnotes, shall be typed

in a 12 point serif font. Section captions shall be

typed in a 14 point serif font. A list of serif fonts

can be found in the guidelines published on the

Judicial Branch website. Margins shall be 1 and

1/2 inches on all sides. All text must be left aligned.

Line spacing can be between 1.3x and 1.5x and

must be uniform throughout, including the body

of the document, footnotes and block quotes. Bold

face or italic emphasis tools shall be used, not

underlining.

Applications shall be filed as one document with

a single pagination scheme that starts on the first

page of the application and continues throughout

the entire document, on every page, including the

pages in an attached appendix. The page numbers shall be centered on the bottom of the page

and shall be written as “Page X of XX” (e.g., Page

1 of 33. . . Page 7 of 33. . . Page 33 of 33).

History

(Adopted July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) COMMENTARY—2026: The purpose of this new rule is to update the rules to conform to current practice and to make the format for applications pursuant to General Statutes § 52-265a more consistent with the format for motions.

Provenance

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2026-09-15
Edition
2026-09-15
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