(B) the opinion, preferably as published in the

Connecticut Law Journal, or order of the Appellate Court sought to be reviewed, (C) if the opinion or order of the Appellate Court was per curiam or a summary affirmance or dis- missal, a copy of the trial court’s memorandum of decision that was entered in connection with the claim raised by the petitioner before the Appellate Court, or, if no memorandum was filed, a copy of the trial court’s ruling on the matter, (D) a copy of the order on any motion, other than a motion for extension of time, which would stay or extend the time period for filing the petition, (E) a list of all parties to the appeal in the Appel- late Court with the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and, if applicable, the juris numbers of their trial and appellate counsel. (6) A certification that: (1) a copy has been delivered to each other counsel of record in accordance with the provisions of Section 62-7, and (2) that the petition complies with the word count this requirement of subsection (b) of section. (b) Except as otherwise ordered, petitions shall not exceed 4000 words. The word count is exclu- sive of the case caption, signature block of coun- record, certifications and appendix. sel of Petitions, including footnotes, shall be typed in a 12 point serif font. Section captions shall be typed in a 14 point serif font. A list of serif fonts can be found in the guidelines published on the Judicial Branch website. Margins shall be 1 and 1/2 inches on all sides. All text must be left aligned. Line spacing can be between 1.3x and 1.5x and must be uniform throughout, including the body of the document, footnotes and block quotes. Bold face italic emphasis tools shall be used, not or underlining. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 4130.) (Amended July 23, 1998, to take effect Jan. 1, 1999; amended Jan. 17, 2002, to take effect April 15, 2002; amended May 15, 2003, to take effect Jan. 1, 2004; amended Sept. 16, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016; amended July 23, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020; amended June 15, 2021, to take effect Jan. 1, 2022; amended July 19, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023; amended June 27, 2023, to take effect Jan. 1, 2024; amended July 15, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) HISTORY—2026: Prior to 2026, the introductory paragraph to subsection (a) provided: ‘‘A petition for certification shall contain the following sections in the order indicated here.’’ Additionally, the introductory paragraph to subsection (a) (5) provided: ‘‘An appendix, which shall be paginated sepa- rately from the petition with consecutively numbered pages preceded by the letter ‘‘A,’’ containing.’’ The last sentence in subsection (a) (5) (E) concerning the certificate of interested entities or individuals was deleted. In addition, what is now subsection (a) (6) was added. COMMENTARY—2026: The purpose of these amend- ments is to make the format of petitions consistent with recent changes to the format of briefs, to add a word count certification requirement, and to provide that parties are required to file a certificate of interested entities or individuals only when the reviewing court orders the parties to file the certificate when necessary.