Sec. 25-5. Automatic Orders upon Service

Automatic Orders upon Service

of Complaint or Application

The following automatic orders shall apply to

both parties, with service of the automatic orders

to be made with service of process of a complaint

for dissolution of marriage or civil union, legal

separation, or annulment, or of an application for

custody or visitation. An automatic order shall not

apply if there is a prior, contradictory order of a

judicial authority. The automatic orders shall be

effective with regard to the plaintiff or the applicant

upon the signing of the complaint or the application and with regard to the defendant or the

respondent upon service and shall remain in place

during the pendency of the action, unless terminated, modified, or amended by further order of

a judicial authority upon motion of either of the

parties:

(a) In all cases involving a child or children,

whether or not the parties are married or in a

civil union:

(1) Neither party shall permanently remove the

minor child or children from the state of Connecticut, without written consent of the other or order

of a judicial authority.

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(2) A party vacating the family residence shall

notify the other party or the other party’s attorney,

in writing, within forty-eight hours of such move, of

an address where the relocated party can receive

communication. This provision shall not apply if

and to the extent there is a prior, contradictory

order of a judicial authority.

(3) If the parents of minor children live apart

during this proceeding, they shall assist their children in having contact with both parties, which is

consistent with the habits of the family, personally,

by telephone, and in writing. This provision shall

not apply if and to the extent there is a prior,

contradictory order of a judicial authority.

rior, contradictory

order of a judicial authority.

(3) If the parents of minor children live apart

during this proceeding, they shall assist their children in having contact with both parties, which is

consistent with the habits of the family, personally,

by telephone, and in writing. This provision shall

not apply if and to the extent there is a prior,

contradictory order of a judicial authority.

(4) Neither party shall cause the children of the

marriage or the civil union to be removed from any

medical, hospital and dental insurance coverage,

and each party shall maintain the existing medical,

hospital and dental insurance coverage in full

force and effect.

(5) The parties shall participate in the parenting

education program within sixty days of the return

day or within sixty days from the filing of the application.

(6) These orders do not change or replace any

existing court orders, including criminal protective

and civil restraining orders.

(b) In all cases involving a marriage or civil

union, whether or not there are children:

(1) Neither party shall sell, transfer, exchange,

assign, remove, or in any way dispose of, without

the consent of the other party in writing, or an

order of a judicial authority, any property, except

in the usual course of business or for customary

and usual household expenses or for reasonable

attorney’s fees in connection with this action.

(A) Nothing in subsection (b) (1) shall be construed to preclude a party from purchasing or selling securities, in the usual course of the parties’

investment decisions, whether held in an individual or jointly held investment account, provided

that the purchase or sale is: (i) intended to preserve the estate of the parties, (ii) transacted

either on an open and public market or at an arm’s

length on a private market, and (iii) completed in

such manner that the purchased securities or

sales proceeds resulting from a sale remain, subject to the provisions and exceptions recited in

subsection (b) (1), in the account in which the

securities or cash w

urchase or sale is: (i) intended to preserve the estate of the parties, (ii) transacted

either on an open and public market or at an arm’s

length on a private market, and (iii) completed in

such manner that the purchased securities or

sales proceeds resulting from a sale remain, subject to the provisions and exceptions recited in

subsection (b) (1), in the account in which the

securities or cash were maintained immediately

prior to the transaction. Nothing contained in this

subsection shall be construed to apply to a party’s

purchase or sale on a private market of an interest

in an entity that conducts a business in which the

party is or intends to become an active participant.

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(B) Notwithstanding the requirement of subparagraph (A) of subsection (b) (1) that the transaction be made in the usual course of the parties’

investment decisions, if historically the parties’

usual course of investment decisions involves

their discussion of proposed transactions with

each other before they are made, but a sale proposed by one party is a matter of such urgency

as to timing that the party proposing the sale has

a good faith belief that the delay occasioned by

such discussion would result in loss to the estate

of the parties, then the party proposing the sale

may proceed with the transaction without such

prior discussion, but shall notify the other party of

the transaction immediately upon its execution;

provided, that a sale permitted by this subparagraph (B) shall be subject to all other conditions

and provisions of subparagraph (A) of subsection

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such discussion would result in loss to the estate

of the parties, then the party proposing the sale

may proceed with the transaction without such

prior discussion, but shall notify the other party of

the transaction immediately upon its execution;

provided, that a sale permitted by this subparagraph (B) shall be subject to all other conditions

and provisions of subparagraph (A) of subsection

(b) (1), so long as the transaction is intended to

preserve the estate of the parties.

(2) Neither party shall conceal any property.

(3) Neither party shall encumber (except for the

filing of a lis pendens) without the consent of the

other party, in writing, or an order of a judicial

authority, any property except in the usual course

of business or for customary and usual household

expenses or for reasonable attorney’s fees in connection with this action.

(4) Neither party shall cause any asset, or portion thereof, co-owned or held in joint name, to

become held in that party’s name solely without

the consent of the other party, in writing, or an

order of the judicial authority.

(5) Neither party shall incur unreasonable debts

hereafter, including, but not limited to, further borrowing against any credit line secured by the family residence, further encumbrancing any assets,

or unreasonably using credit cards or cash

advances against credit cards.

(6) Neither party shall cause the other party to

be removed from any medical, hospital and dental

insurance coverage, and each party shall maintain the existing medical, hospital and dental

insurance coverage in full force and effect.

(7) Neither party shall change the beneficiaries

of any existing life insurance policies, and each

party shall maintain the existing life insurance,

automobile insurance, homeowners or renters

insurance policies in full force and effect.

ical, hospital and dental

insurance coverage, and each party shall maintain the existing medical, hospital and dental

insurance coverage in full force and effect.

(7) Neither party shall change the beneficiaries

of any existing life insurance policies, and each

party shall maintain the existing life insurance,

automobile insurance, homeowners or renters

insurance policies in full force and effect.

(8) If the parties are living together on the date

of service of these orders, neither party may deny

the other party use of the current primary residence of the parties, whether it be owned or rented

property, without order of a judicial authority. This

provision shall not apply if there is a prior, contradictory order of a judicial authority.

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(c) In all cases the parties shall each complete

and exchange sworn financial statements substantially in accordance with a form prescribed by

the chief court administrator within thirty days of

the return day. The parties may thereafter enter

and submit to the court a stipulated interim order

allocating income and expenses, including, if

applicable, proposed orders in accordance with

the uniform child support guidelines.

(d) The automatic orders of a judicial authority

as enumerated above shall be set forth immediately following the party’s requested relief in any

complaint for dissolution of marriage or civil union,

legal separation, or annulment, or in any application for custody or visitation, and shall set forth

the following language in bold letters:

Failure to obey these orders may be punishable by contempt of court. If you object to or

seek modification of these orders during the

pendency of the action, you have the right to

a hearing before a judge within a reasonable

time.

The clerk shall not accept for filing any complaint for dissolution of marriage or civil union,

legal separation, or annulment, or any application

for custody or visitation, that does not comply with

this subsection.

(P.B. 1998.) (Amended June 29, 1998, to take effect Jan

ion of these orders during the

pendency of the action, you have the right to

a hearing before a judge within a reasonable

time.

The clerk shall not accept for filing any complaint for dissolution of marriage or civil union,

legal separation, or annulment, or any application

for custody or visitation, that does not comply with

this subsection.

(P.B. 1998.) (Amended June 29, 1998, to take effect Jan.

1, 1999; subdivision (a) (1) was amended on an interim basis,

pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-9 (c), to take effect

Jan. 1, 1999; amended June 28, 1999, to take effect Jan. 1,

2000; amended August 22, 2001, to take effect Jan. 1, 2002;

amended June 26, 2006, to take effect Jan. 1, 2007; amended

June 29, 2007, to take effect Jan. 1, 2008; amended June 20,

2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012; amended June 13, 2019,

to take effect Jan. 1, 2020; amended June 14, 2024, to take

effect Jan. 1, 2025.)