At the time of granting dissolution of a marriage to which one party is mentally ill or at any time thereafter, on application of either party or of the guardian or conservator of the mentally ill spouse, or of any person, town or other municipality charged with the support of the mentally ill spouse, or the Commissioner of Administrative Services if the state is charged, the court may make such order requiring support of the mentally ill spouse, or security for support, as may be proper. The court may set aside or alter any such order, at any time thereafter, on application of either party or of the guardian of the mentally ill spouse, or of any person, town or other municipality charged with support, or the Commissioner of Administrative Services if the state is charged. Any order providing for the support of the mentally ill party shall be enforceable in the same manner as orders relating to alimony.
(1949 Rev., S. 7332; 1953, 1955, S. 3004d; 1957, P.A. 502, S. 3; P.A. 73-373, S. 30; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 78-230, S. 38, 54.)
History: P.A. 73-373 referred to “dissolution of a marriage one party to which is mentally ill” rather than to divorce “granted on the ground of mental illness”, substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner and “mentally ill spouse” for “defendant” and deleted provision which prohibited orders for support to continue support of sane wife from estate of mentally ill husband after the wife remarries; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-230 restated provisions but made no substantive changes; Sec. 46-53 transferred to Sec. 46b-85 in 1979.
See Sec. 17b-743 re direction that payments under support order be made to Commissioner of Administrative Services or local welfare department.
Cited. 184 C. 307.
Cited. 20 CA 500; 26 CA 386; Id., 737.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment
Section 46b-41. (Formerly Sec. 46-36a). - Complaint includes cross-complaints or cross actions.
Section 46b-42. (Formerly Sec. 46-33). - Jurisdiction.
Section 46b-43. (Formerly Sec. 46-34). - Capacity of minor to prosecute or defend.
Section 46b-44. (Formerly Sec. 46-35). - Residency requirement.
Section 46b-44a. - Filing of joint petition for nonadversarial dissolution of marriage. Procedure.
Section 46b-44b. - Revocation of joint petition for nonadversarial dissolution of marriage. Effect.
Section 46b-45a. - Allegation of pregnancy in pleadings. Disagreement as to parentage. Hearing.
Section 46b-49. (Formerly Sec. 46-45). - Private hearing.
Section 46b-50. (Formerly Sec. 46-46). - Number of witnesses in uncontested action.
Section 46b-52. - Recrimination and condonation abolished.
Section 46b-53. (Formerly Sec. 46-41). - Conciliation procedures; privileged communications.
Section 46b-55. (Formerly Sec. 46-63). - Attorney General as party to action.
Section 46b-56b. - Presumption re best interest of child to be in custody of parent.
Section 46b-56c. - Educational support orders.
Section 46b-56e. - Orders of custody or visitation re children of deploying parent.
Section 46b-56f. - Emergency ex parte order of custody.
Section 46b-58. (Formerly Sec. 46-58). - Custody, maintenance and education of adopted children.
Section 46b-59. - Petition for right of visitation with minor child. Order for payment of fees.
Section 46b-59a. - Mediation of disputes re enforcement of visitation rights.
Section 46b-59b. - Court may not grant visitation to parent convicted of murder. Exception.
Section 46b-60. (Formerly Sec. 46-55). - Orders re children and alimony in annulment cases.
Section 46b-63. (Formerly Sec. 46-60). - Restoration of birth name or former name of spouse.
Section 46b-64. (Formerly Sec. 46-64c). - Orders of court prior to return day of complaint.
Section 46b-66a. - Order of court re conveyance of title to real property. Effect of decree.
Section 46b-69. (Formerly Sec. 46-64b). - Statutes applicable to matrimonial actions.
Section 46b-69a. - Wage executions and earning assignments.
Section 46b-69b. - Parenting education program.
Section 46b-69c. - Advisory committee. Recommendations to Judicial Department.
Section 46b-70. - Foreign matrimonial judgment defined.
Section 46b-71. - Filing of foreign matrimonial judgment; enforcement in this state.
Section 46b-72. - Notification of filing.
Section 46b-73. - Stay of enforcement; modifications; hearing.
Section 46b-74. - Right to action on judgment unimpaired.
Section 46b-75. - Uniformity of interpretation.
Section 46b-81. (Formerly Sec. 46-51). - Assignment of property and transfer of title.
Section 46b-82. (Formerly Sec. 46-52). - Alimony.
Section 46b-85. (Formerly Sec. 46-53). - Order for support of mentally ill spouse.
Section 46b-86. (Formerly Sec. 46-54). - Modification of alimony or support orders and judgments.
Section 46b-87. (Formerly Sec. 46-56). - Contempt of orders.