Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319a - Child Welfare
Section 17a-92. (Formerly Sec. 17-32c). - Transfer of court wards to guardianship of Commissioner of Children and Families: Delegation of powers, duties and functions.

Effective at 12:01 a.m., April 1, 1975, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall assume, and the Commissioner of Social Services shall cease to have guardianship, as defined in subsection (a) of section 17a-90, over all children who on that date, by virtue of any order of the Juvenile Court or Superior Court, are wards of or committed to the state of Connecticut or the Commissioner of Social Services. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall thereupon assume all liability and responsibility for such children, and exercise such powers, duties and functions regarding such children, as the Commissioner of Social Services in his or her capacity as guardian may now or hereafter have, except to the extent that the federal government may require that any responsibility for children be retained by the Commissioner of Social Services as a prerequisite to federal reimbursement of state expenditures for such children under Title IV-A and B of the Social Security Act. The Commissioner of Children and Families may delegate any power, duty or function regarding such children, except for consent for adoption, marriage and joining of the armed services and except to the extent that the federal government may require that any responsibility for children be retained by said commissioner as a prerequisite to federal reimbursement of state expenditures for such children.

(P.A. 74-251, S. 2; P.A. 75-544; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-483, S. 155, 186; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 16-28, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 75-544 allowed commissioner to delegate power, duty or function relative to children in his care within limitations described in provision; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 required change of reference from welfare commissioner to commissioner of human resources but change not enacted because of dated provision; P.A. 80-483 added reference to superior court; Sec. 17-32c transferred to Sec. 17a-92 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 16-28 made a technical change.
Annotation to former section 17-32c:
Designated representative as party to proceedings and sequestration as a witness discussed. 22 CA 656.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 33 CA 673.

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