Declaratory Judgment as a Cause of Action in Connecticut

Connecticut General Statutes § 52–29 and Connecticut Practice Book § 17-54, et seq. permit declaratory judgment as a cause of action.

Connecticut General Statutes § 52–29. Superior Court May Declare Rights and Legal Relations

(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.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52–29 (2012).

Connecticut Practice Book § 17-54. Declaratory Judgment; Scope.

The judicial authority will, in cases not herein excepted, render declaratory judgments as to the existence or nonexistence (1) of any right, power, privilege, or immunity; or (2) of any fact upon which the existence or nonexistence of such right, power, privilege or immunity does or may depend, whether such right, power, privilege or immunity now exists or will arise in the future.