# Conn. Practice Book Sec. 25-5: Sec. 25-5. Automatic Orders upon Service

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## Section

- **Citation:** Conn. Practice Book Sec. 25-5
- **Heading:** Sec. 25-5. Automatic Orders upon Service
- **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Connecticut Court Rules / Connecticut Practice Book / Conn. Practice Book Sec. 25-5

## Text

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.

SUPERIOR COURT—PROCEDURE IN FAMILY MATTERS
Sec. 25-5A
(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
d 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
(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.)

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