Superior Court may declare rights and legal relations
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 440 F. Supp. 1280 - National Carriers' Conference Committee v. Heffernan (1977)
Most recently applied in 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 11862 - Gilbert v. Beaver Dam Assoc.,, No. X01 Cv 00 0169605s (Sep. 16, 2002) (September 2002)
(1949 Rev., S. 7628; 1949, June, 1955, S. 3116d; P.A. 76-436, S. 388, 681; P.A. 82-160, S. 6.) History: P.A. 76-436 removed court of common pleas from purview of section, reflec…
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) The Superior Court in any action or proceeding may declare rights and other legal relations on request for such a declaration, whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. The declaration shall have the force of a final judgment.
(b) The judges of the Superior Court may make such orders and rules as they may deem necessary or advisable to carry into effect the provisions of this section.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.