If the defendant appears but does not plead within two days after the return day, the complainant may file a motion for judgment for failure to plead, served upon the defendant in the manner provided in the rules adopted by the judges of the Superior Court for the service of pleadings. If the defendant fails to plead within three days after receipt of such motion by the clerk, the court shall forthwith enter judgment that the complainant recover possession or occupancy with his costs.
(P.A. 79-571, S. 52; P.A. 92-171, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 92-171 reduced the time period for an appearing defendant to plead from three days to two days after the return day.
Cited. 217 C. 313.
Cited. 1 CA 439; 5 CA 417.
Appears judge has power to grant motion when court is in session, not ex parte in chambers. 36 CS 565. Cited. 38 CS 70.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant
Section 47a-23c. - Prohibition on eviction of certain tenants except for good cause.
Section 47a-23d. - Report to General Assembly.
Section 47a-24. (Formerly Sec. 52-532a). - Action by cooperative housing corporation.
Section 47a-24a. - Action by receiver of rents.
Section 47a-25. (Formerly Sec. 52-533). - Waiver of notice to quit.
Section 47a-26. (Formerly Sec. 52-534). - Failure to appear. Judgment.
Section 47a-26a. - Failure to plead. Judgment.
Section 47a-26b. - Motion and order for payments for use and occupancy.
Section 47a-26c. - Advancement of pleadings. Failure to plead.
Section 47a-26d. - Trial. Finding. Judgment.
Section 47a-26e. - Order of payments on appeal.
Section 47a-26f. - Hearing to distribute payments.
Section 47a-26h. - Persons bound by judgment. Notice. Exemption.
Section 47a-26i. - Motion to open or set aside judgment or to extend final stay of execution.
Section 47a-27. (Formerly Sec. 52-535). - Summary process by assignee and mortgagee.
Section 47a-28. (Formerly Sec. 52-536). - Action by selectmen.
Section 47a-29. (Formerly Sec. 52-537). - Action by reversion or remainderman.
Section 47a-31. (Formerly Sec. 52-539). - Illegal use of premises voids lease.
Section 47a-32. (Formerly Sec. 52-540). - Nuisance defined.
Section 47a-33. (Formerly Sec. 52-540a). - Defense that action is retaliatory.
Section 47a-33a. - Presentation of affirmative defenses.
Section 47a-34. (Formerly Sec. 52-541). - Other legal remedies not affected.
Section 47a-35. (Formerly Sec. 52-542). - Stay of execution. Appeal.
Section 47a-35a. - Bond on appeal. Rent to be paid into court.
Section 47a-35b. - Distribution of payments after appeal.
Section 47a-37. (Formerly Sec. 52-544). - Application for stay of execution.
Section 47a-38. (Formerly Sec. 52-545). - Hearing on application for stay of execution.
Section 47a-39. (Formerly Sec. 52-546). - Court may grant stay of execution.
Section 47a-41. (Formerly Sec. 52-548). - Waiver of tenant's rights to be void.