If the Chief Court Administrator deems it necessary for the proper dispatch of business, he may direct that, for such period as he may fix, any portion of the matters claimed for a family relations docket, except appeals be entered upon the general docket of the court, or transferred from the family relations docket to the general docket, and may likewise direct that any such cases entered on or transferred to the general docket shall be transferred to the family relations docket. Any case so entered or transferred to either docket shall be proceeded with as are other cases of a like nature standing upon that docket.
(1959, P.A. 531, S. 9; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 33; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 14; P.A. 74-183, S. 280, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 94, 681.)
History: 1967 act substituted chief court administrator for chief justice; 1971 act added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re transfer of actions; P.A. 74-183 repealed provisions added by 1971 act; P.A. 76-436 deleted reference to appeals from juvenile court and to chief judge, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 51-182i was temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-336 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-5 in 1979.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 815 - Court Proceedings in Family Relations Matters
Section 46b-1. (Formerly Sec. 51-330). - Family relations matters and domestic violence defined.
Section 46b-3. (Formerly Sec. 51-332). - Domestic relations officers and other employees.
Section 46b-4. (Formerly Sec. 51-333). - Judge may retain jurisdiction until final disposition.
Section 46b-6. (Formerly Sec. 51-337). - Investigations.
Section 46b-7. (Formerly Sec. 51-338). - Report of investigation or evaluation to be filed.
Section 46b-11. (Formerly Sec. 51-335). - Closed hearings and records.
Section 46b-12c. - Motion for removal of counsel or guardian ad litem for a minor child.