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Section 45a-593. (Formerly Sec. 45-58). - United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs or successor to be a party in interest. Notice. - (a) The United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the...
Section 45a-594. (Formerly Sec. 45-60). - Compensation of guardian or conservator of social services beneficiary or veteran. - (a) Compensation payable to the conservator or guardian of any...
Section 45a-595. (Formerly Sec. 45-59). - Investment of funds in insurance and annuity contracts by conservator or guardian of estate. - Upon application of a conservator or the guardian of the...
Section 45a-596. (Formerly Sec. 45-51). - Parental appointment of guardian or coguardian of minor upon death of parents. - (a) The parent of an unmarried minor, except a parent...
Section 45a-597. (Formerly Sec. 45-60a). - Payment by guardian or conservator of administration expenses of deceased person. - (a) Upon the death of a person with respect to...
Section 45a-598. - Parental visitation of protected adult. - Any person who is the parent of an adult person...
Section 45a-599. - Transfer of guardianship file between Probate Courts. - (a) On the petition of a party or on the...
Section 45a-603. (Formerly Sec. 45-42). - Residence of minor defined. - For the purposes of sections 45a-132, 45a-593 to 45a-597, inclusive,...
Section 45a-604. (Formerly Sec. 45-42a). - Definitions. - As used in sections 45a-603 to 45a-622, inclusive: (1) “Mother”...
Section 45a-605. (Formerly Sec. 45-42b). - Provisions construed in best interest of minor child. - (a) The provisions of sections 45a-603 to 45a-622, inclusive, shall...
Section 45a-606. (Formerly Sec. 45-43). - Father and mother joint guardians. - The father and mother of every minor child are joint...
Section 45a-607. (Formerly Sec. 45-44). - Temporary custody of minor pending application to probate court for removal of guardian or termination of parental rights. - (a)(1) When application has been made for the removal of...
Section 45a-608. (Formerly Sec. 45-44a). - Temporary custody of minor. Rights and duties. - Any person or organization awarded the temporary custody of a...
Section 45a-608n. - Designation of minor child as having special immigrant juvenile status pursuant to pending petition for removal or appointment of guardian. - (a) For the purposes of this section and section 45a-608o,...
Section 45a-608o. - Designation of minor child as having special immigrant juvenile status pursuant to pending petition to terminate parental rights or approve adoption. - (a) At any time during the pendency of a petition...
Section 45a-609. (Formerly Sec. 45-44b). - Application for removal of parent as guardian. Hearing. Notice. Examination. - (a) Upon application for removal of a parent or parents...
Section 45a-610. (Formerly Sec. 45-44c). - Removal of parent as guardian. - If the Court of Probate finds that notice has been...
Section 45a-611. (Formerly Sec. 45-44d). - Reinstatement of parent as guardian of the person of minor. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,...
Section 45a-612. (Formerly Sec. 45-44e). - Visitation with minor when proceeding for removal of guardian, appointment of guardian or termination of parental rights is pending. - In connection with any proceeding for removal of guardian, appointment...
Section 45a-613. (Formerly Sec. 45-45a). - Removal of guardian, coguardian or permanent guardian of the person of a minor. - (a) Any guardian, coguardians or permanent guardian of the person...
Section 45a-614. (Formerly Sec. 45-43a). - Removal of parent as guardian of minor. Parent may not petition for removal of permanent guardian. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 45a-615. (Formerly Sec. 45-43b). - False or malicious application for removal of guardian. Penalty. - Any person who wilfully files a false or malicious application...
Section 45a-616. (Formerly Sec. 45-45). - Appointment of guardian or coguardians for minor. Rights and obligations of guardians or coguardians. - (a) If any minor has no parent or guardian of...
Section 45a-616a. - Appointment of permanent guardian for minor. Reinstatement of parent as guardian or appointment of successor guardian or permanent guardian. - (a) Upon removing a parent as guardian pursuant to section...
Section 45a-617. (Formerly Sec. 45-45b). - Appointment of guardian, coguardians or permanent guardian of the person of a minor. - (a) When appointing a guardian, coguardians or permanent guardian of...
Section 45a-618. (Formerly Sec. 45-45c). - Enforcement of decree and award of custody by warrant. - In any proceeding under sections 45a-603 to 45a-622, inclusive, or...
Section 45a-619. (Formerly Sec. 45-45d). - Investigation by Commissioner of Children and Families. - In any proceeding under sections 45a-603 to 45a-624, inclusive, in...
Section 45a-620. (Formerly Sec. 45-45e). - Appointment of counsel. Appointment of guardian ad litem to speak on behalf of best interests of minor. - The Court of Probate may appoint counsel to represent or...
Section 45a-621. (Formerly Sec. 45-45f). - Appointment of guardian ad litem. - The Court of Probate shall appoint a guardian ad litem...
Section 45a-622. (Formerly Sec. 45-45g). - Appointment of temporary guardian. Application. Rights and obligations. - (a) Any parent or guardian of the person of a...
Section 45a-623. - Transfer of proceeding to Superior Court or Regional Children's Probate Court. - Before a hearing on the merits in any case under...
Section 45a-624. - Designation of standby guardian of minor. - A parent or guardian, as principal, may designate a standby...
Section 45a-624a. - Consent of parents required for designation of standby guardian. - If both parents are alive, both parents of the minor...
Section 45a-624b. - Form for designation of standby guardian. - The designation of a standby guardian shall be in substantially...
Section 45a-624c. - Written statement that designation of standby guardian in full force and effect. - The written statement referred to in section 45a-624 shall be...
Section 45a-624d. - Authority of standby guardian. - When a designation of a standby guardian becomes effective upon...
Section 45a-624e. - Authority of standby guardian after death of principal. - If a designation of a standby guardian is effective at...
Section 45a-624f. - Revocation of designation of standby guardian. - The principal may revoke a designation of a standby guardian...
Section 45a-624g. - Probate Court to resolve disputes concerning designation of standby guardian. - The probate court for the district in which the minor...
Section 45a-625. - Guardian of person of minor to report to probate court re condition of minor. - Any person appointed as guardian of the person of a...
Section 45a-629. (Formerly Sec. 45-47). - Appointment of guardian for minor's estate. - (a) When a minor is entitled to property, the court...
Section 45a-630. (Formerly Sec. 45-47a). - Application for appointment of guardian of the estate of a minor. - In the case of any application for the appointment of...
Section 45a-631. (Formerly Sec. 45-49). - Limitation on receipt or use of minor's property by parent, guardian or spouse. Release. - (a) A parent of a minor, guardian of the person...
Section 45a-632. (Formerly Sec. 45-50). - Appointment of guardian of estate of nonresident minor. - When a minor who resides outside this state and who...
Section 45a-633. (Formerly Sec. 45-52). - Lease of minor's real estate by guardian or coguardians of estate. - The guardian or coguardians of the estate of any minor...
Section 45a-634. (Formerly Sec. 45-53). - Inventory of ward's property by guardian of estate. - (a) Each guardian of an estate appointed by a court...
Section 45a-635. (Formerly Sec. 45-55). - Removal by foreign guardian of ward's personal property. - (a) When any personal property in this state belongs to...
Section 45a-636. (Formerly Sec. 45-56). - Removal by foreign guardian of proceeds of sale of ward's real estate. - If any foreign guardian of the estate of a minor...
Section 45a-637. (Formerly Sec. 45-57). - Guardians of estate of minors may make partition. - If any minor has an interest in any real property...
Section 45a-638. (Formerly Sec. 45-57a). - Court may order guardian to convey real property. - The court of probate in which the guardian of any...
Section 45a-644. (Formerly Sec. 45-70a). - Definitions. - For the purposes of this section and sections 45a-645 to...
Section 45a-645. (Formerly Sec. 45-70). - Naming of own conservator for future incapacity. - (a) Any person who has attained at least eighteen years...
Section 45a-645a. - Recording of proceedings required. - Each court of probate shall cause a recording to be...
Section 45a-645b. - Rules of evidence re hearings. Testimony. - The rules of evidence applicable to civil matters in the...
Section 45a-645c. - Probate Court to schedule hearing to facilitate attendance by conserved person. - If a conserved person, as defined in section 45a-644, notifies...
Section 45a-645d. - Appointment of successor conservator. - Whenever a Probate Court appoints a conservator of the person...
Section 45a-646. (Formerly Sec. 45-70e). - Petition for voluntary representation. - Any person may petition the Probate Court in the district...
Section 45a-647. (Formerly Sec. 45-70f). - Release from voluntary representation. - Any person who is under voluntary representation as provided by...
Section 45a-648. (Formerly Sec. 45-70b). - Application for involuntary representation of resident or nondomiciliary. Fraudulent or malicious application or false testimony: Class D felony. - (a) An application for involuntary representation may be filed by...
Section 45a-649. (Formerly Sec. 45-70c). - Notice re application for involuntary representation, determination of jurisdiction or transfer of conservatorship to another state. Form of notice. Appointment of counsel. - (a)(1) Upon an application for involuntary representation, the court shall...
Section 45a-649a. - Right to an attorney re involuntary representation. Fees. Indigency. Attorney duties and access to information. - (a) A respondent, as defined in section 45a-644, or a...
Section 45a-650. (Formerly Sec. 45-70d). - Hearing on petition for involuntary representation. Evidence. Appointment of conservator. Limitation re powers and duties. Probate bond. - (a) At any hearing on a petition for involuntary representation,...
Section 45a-651. (Formerly Sec. 45-70g). - Appointment of Commissioner of Social Services as conservator for certain persons with limited resources. Legal representation. - (a)(1) If no suitable conservator can be found after due...
Section 45a-652. (Formerly Sec. 45-71a). - Application for appointment of conservator of the estate. - In the case of any application for the appointment of...
Section 45a-653. (Formerly Sec. 45-73). - Conveyances, contracts and funds of allegedly incapable person pending application for appointment of conservator. Recording or lodging of notice of application. - Section 45a-653 is repealed, effective July 1, 2019. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 45a-654. (Formerly Sec. 45-72). - Appointment of temporary conservator. Duties. - (a) Upon written petition for appointment of a temporary conservator...
Section 45a-655. (Formerly Sec. 45-75). - Duties of conservator of the estate. Application for distribution of gifts of income and principal from the estate. Determinations re breach of fiduciary duty. - (a) A conservator of the estate appointed under section 45a-646,...
Section 45a-656. (Formerly Sec. 45-75a). - Duties of conservator of the person. Determinations re breach of fiduciary duty. - (a) The conservator of the person shall have the duties...
Section 45a-656a. - Duty of conservator of estate of resident of licensed residential care home re payment of room and board. - (a) Any conservator of the estate of a person who...
Section 45a-656b. - Duties of conservator re real and personal property and placement of person under conservatorship. - (a)(1) For the purposes of this section: (A) “Institution for...
Section 45a-657. (Formerly Sec. 45-75b). - Court to resolve conflicts between conservators. - If a person has both a conservator of the person...
Section 45a-658. (Formerly Sec. 45-74). - Appointment or removal of conservator to be recorded on land records. - (a) The court appointing a conservator of the property or...
Section 45a-659. (Formerly Sec. 45-76). - Conservator of nonresident's property. - (a) If any person not domiciled in this state and...
Section 45a-660. (Formerly Sec. 45-77). - Termination of conservatorship. Review of conservatorship by court. - (a)(1) A conserved person may, at any time, petition the...
Section 45a-661. (Formerly Sec. 45-77a). - Transfer of records upon relocation of person under representation. - When any person under voluntary or involuntary representation becomes a...
Section 45a-662. (Formerly Sec. 45-77b). - Conveyance of property by order of court. - The court of probate in which a conservator has been...
Section 45a-663. - Compensation of conservator if conserved person is unable to pay. - If a conserved person is unable to pay for the...
Section 45a-667. - Short title: Connecticut Uniform Adult Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. - Sections 45a-667 to 45a-667v, inclusive, may be cited as the...
Section 45a-667a. - Definitions. - As used in sections 45a-667 to 45a-667v, inclusive: (1) “Adult”...
Section 45a-667b. - Applicability. - (a) Sections 45a-644, 45a-648, 45a-649 and 45a-667 to 45a-667v, inclusive,...
Section 45a-667c. - Treatment of foreign country. - A court of probate may treat a foreign country as...
Section 45a-667d. - Communication with court in another state. Recording of communication. - (a) A court of probate may communicate with a court...
Section 45a-667e. - Request for assistance made to or received from a court of another state. - (a) In a proceeding for involuntary representation in this state,...
Section 45a-667f. - Testimony taken in another state. Evidence transmitted by technological means. - (a) In a proceeding for involuntary representation in this state,...
Section 45a-667g. - Jurisdiction: Definitions; significant connection factors. - (a) As used in this section and sections 45a-667h to...
Section 45a-667h. - Involuntary representation: Determination of jurisdiction. Hearing required. - A proceeding for involuntary representation in this state shall be...
Section 45a-667i. - Determination of jurisdiction re appointment of conservator. - A court of probate in this state has jurisdiction to...
Section 45a-667j. - Temporary conservators. Special jurisdiction. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...
Section 45a-667k. - Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction. Exceptions. - Except as otherwise provided in section 45a-667j, a court that...
Section 45a-667l. - Declination of jurisdiction if court of another state is more appropriate forum. - (a) A court of probate having jurisdiction under section 45a-667i...
Section 45a-667m. - Declination of jurisdiction due to unjustifiable conduct of a party. Assessment against party. - (a) If at any time a court of probate determines...
Section 45a-667n. - Notice re petition when this state is not respondent's home state. - If a petition for involuntary representation is brought in this...
Section 45a-667o. - Petitions for involuntary representation filed in more than one state. - Except for a petition for the appointment of a temporary...
Section 45a-667p. - Transfer of conservatorship to another state. - (a) Except for an individual under voluntary representation as provided...
Section 45a-667q. - Acceptance of conservatorship transferred from another state. - (a) To confirm the transfer of a conservatorship of the...
Section 45a-667r. - Registration of conservator of the person order from another state. - (a) If a conservator of the person has been appointed...
Section 45a-667s. - Registration of conservator of the estate order from another state. - (a) If a conservator of the estate has been appointed...
Section 45a-667t. - Effect of registration of conservatorship order from another state. - (a) On registration in this state under section 45a-667r of...
Section 45a-667u. - Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing the provisions of sections 45a-644, 45a-648,...
Section 45a-667v. - Relation of act to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - This section and sections 45a-644, 45a-648, 45a-649 and 45a-667 to...
Section 45a-668. (Formerly Sec. 45-320). - Continuation of service of persons appointed prior to October 1, 1982, as guardians or limited guardians of persons with mental retardation. - Section 45a-668 is repealed, effective May 4, 2004. (P.A. 82-337,...
Section 45a-669. (Formerly Sec. 45-321). - Definitions. - As used in sections 45a-669 to 45a-683, inclusive: (1) “Plenary...
Section 45a-670. (Formerly Sec. 45-322). - Petition for guardianship. - (a) A petition for guardianship may be filed by any...
Section 45a-671. (Formerly Sec. 45-323). - Hearing on petition for guardianship. Notice. - (a) Not later than forty-five days after the date of...
Section 45a-672. (Formerly Sec. 45-324). - Notice of hearing. - The notice required by subsection (a) of section 45a-671 shall...
Section 45a-673. (Formerly Sec. 45-325). - Appointment of counsel. Payment of cost for indigent persons. - Unless the respondent is represented by counsel, the court shall...
Section 45a-674. (Formerly Sec. 45-326). - Hearing for appointment of guardian. Evidence. Report by assessment team. Cross-examination of witnesses. Payment of fees for assessment team. Exception to report or testimony requirement. - (a) At any hearing for appointment of a plenary guardian...
Section 45a-675. (Formerly Sec. 45-327). - Right of respondent to be at hearing. - The respondent shall be present at any hearing for his...
Section 45a-676. (Formerly Sec. 45-328). - Appointment of plenary guardian or limited guardian. - (a) If the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence,...
Section 45a-677. (Formerly Sec. 45-329). - Powers and duties of plenary or limited guardian. Report. Transfer of file. - (a) The court may assign to a limited guardian any...
Section 45a-677a. - Petition by plenary or limited guardian to manage the finances of a protected person whose assets do not exceed ten thousand dollars. - (a) A plenary or limited guardian appointed under section 45a-676...
Section 45a-678. (Formerly Sec. 45-330). - Removal of plenary or limited guardian. - Any plenary guardian or limited guardian serving in accordance with...
Section 45a-679. (Formerly Sec. 45-331). - Conflicts between plenary guardian, limited guardian, conservator of the estate or person and temporary conservator to be resolved by Probate Court. - If a protected person or conserved person has both a...
Section 45a-680. (Formerly Sec. 45-332). - Appointment of standby plenary guardian or standby limited guardian. Probate bond. Duties. Confirmation by court. - Whenever a Probate Court appoints a plenary guardian or limited...
Section 45a-681. (Formerly Sec. 45-333). - Review of guardianship by court. - (a) The court shall review each guardianship at least every...
Section 45a-682. (Formerly Sec. 45-334). - Petition for temporary limited guardian. Notice and hearing. Appointment. - (a) A petition for a temporary limited guardian may be...
Section 45a-683. (Formerly Sec. 45-335). - Immunity from civil liability of plenary guardian, temporary limited guardian or limited guardian. - Any plenary guardian, temporary limited guardian or limited guardian who...
Section 45a-684. (Formerly Sec. 45-336). - Payment of expenses and fees of proceeding for appointment of guardian of person with intellectual disability. - Section 45a-684 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (P.A. 82-337,...
Section 45a-690. (Formerly Sec. 45-78p). - Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 45a-690 to 45a-700, inclusive: (1)...
Section 45a-691. (Formerly Sec. 45-78q). - Sterilization. Requirements. Determination of ability to give informed consent. - No person shall undergo sterilization unless such person has attained...
Section 45a-692. (Formerly Sec. 45-78r). - Application for determination of ability to give informed consent to sterilization. - An application for a determination of a person's ability to...
Section 45a-693. (Formerly Sec. 45-78s). - Hearing. Notice. - Upon such application for a determination of ability to give...
Section 45a-694. (Formerly Sec. 45-78t). - Appointment of counsel to represent respondent. Compensation. - Upon the filing of an application for a determination of...
Section 45a-695. (Formerly Sec. 45-78u). - Evidence re ability of respondent to give informed consent. Reports by panel members appointed by court. Right of respondent to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses. - At any hearing upon such application, the court shall receive...
Section 45a-696. (Formerly Sec. 45-78v). - Respondent to be present at hearing on ability to give informed consent to sterilization. - The respondent shall be present at any hearing regarding his...
Section 45a-697. (Formerly Sec. 45-78w). - Informed consent. Refusal of sterilization. - If the court does not find that the respondent is...
Section 45a-698. (Formerly Sec. 45-78x). - Application by guardian or conservator for consent to sterilization. - Whenever sterilization is sought of a person under guardianship or...
Section 45a-699. (Formerly Sec. 45-78y). - Hearing. Evidence. Grounds for sterilization. - (a) The court shall hear medical, social, educational, residential and...
Section 45a-699a. - Stay of order or decree permitting sterilization. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, an order or...
Section 45a-700. (Formerly Sec. 45-78z). - Surgical or other medical procedures which may result in sterilization. - Nothing in sections 45a-690 to 45a-700, inclusive, shall limit surgical...
Section 45a-703. - Application for determination of competency to vote. - The guardian or conservator of an individual may file a...
Section 45a-705a. - Petition for writ of habeas corpus by individual subject to guardianship or involuntary representation. - (a) An individual subject to a guardianship or involuntary representation...