Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 818 - Connecticut Parentage Act
Section 46b-454. - Authorized court. Exceptions.

(a) Petitions to adjudicate parentage shall be filed in the Family Division of the Superior Court, except that: (1) Petitions by an alleged genetic parent seeking to establish the alleged genetic parent's parentage pursuant to section 46b-172a shall be filed in the Probate Court; (2) petitions to determine parentage after the death of the child or the person whose parentage is to be determined shall be filed in the Probate Court; (3) petitions for parentage orders under sections 46b-517, 46b-531 and 46b-535, as well as petitions to validate a genetic surrogacy agreement under sections 46b-533 and 46b-536, shall be filed in the Probate Court; and (4) petitions by the IV-D agencies, in IV-D cases, as defined in section 46b-231, and in petitions brought under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, shall be filed with the clerk for the Family Support Magistrate Division.

(b) If the petition is filed by the Office of Child Support Services of the Department of Social Services, the petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the parent whose rights have been assigned. In cases where the assignor refuses to provide an affidavit, the affidavit may be submitted by the Office of Child Support Services, provided the affidavit alone shall not support a default judgment on the issue of parentage.
(c) There shall be no right to a jury trial in an action to adjudicate parentage.
(d) A petition filed in the Superior Court or the Family Support Magistrate Court to adjudicate parentage may be brought any time prior to the child's eighteenth birthday, provided liability for support of such child shall be limited to the three years next preceding the date of the filing of any such petition.
(P.A. 21-15, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 21-15 effective January 1, 2022.

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