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Chapter 815 - Court Proceedings in Family Relations Matters
Section 46b-1. (Formerly Sec. 51-330). - Family relations matters and domestic violence defined. - (a) Matters within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court deemed...
Section 46b-1a. - Pattern of frivolous and intentionally fabricated pleadings or motions in family relations matter. - In any family relations matter described in section 46b-1, if...
Section 46b-2. (Formerly Sec. 51-331). - Family matters, both civil and criminal, placed on family docket first. - All proceedings involving a family relations matter shall be first...
Section 46b-3. (Formerly Sec. 51-332). - Domestic relations officers and other employees. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint such...
Section 46b-4. (Formerly Sec. 51-333). - Judge may retain jurisdiction until final disposition. - Any judge who hears a family relations matter may retain...
Section 46b-5. (Formerly Sec. 51-336). - Transfer of family relations matters to and from general docket. - If the Chief Court Administrator deems it necessary for the...
Section 46b-6. (Formerly Sec. 51-337). - Investigations. - In any pending family relations matter the court or any...
Section 46b-6a. - Court order re parent or child undergo treatment or evaluation from a qualified, licensed health care provider. Selection of qualified, licensed health care provider. - (a) In a family relations matter, as defined in section...
Section 46b-7. (Formerly Sec. 51-338). - Report of investigation or evaluation to be filed. - Whenever, in any family relations matter, including appeals from the...
Section 46b-8. (Formerly Sec. 51-341). - Motion for modification of support order combined with motion for contempt. - Section 46b-8 is repealed, effective October 1, 2013. (P.A. 73-308;...
Section 46b-9. (Formerly Sec. 51-340). - Hearing by referee in action for dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment. - In any action for dissolution of marriage, legal separation or...
Section 46b-10. (Formerly Sec. 51-339). - Attempt at reconciliation in action for dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment. - In any action for dissolution of marriage, legal separation or...
Section 46b-11. (Formerly Sec. 51-335). - Closed hearings and records. - Any case which is a family relations matter may be...
Section 46b-12. - Orders re appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem for a minor child in family relations matter. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 46b-12a. - Publication concerning roles and responsibilities of counsel and guardian ad litem for a minor child in family relations matter. - The Judicial Branch shall develop a publication that informs parties...
Section 46b-12b. - Professional code of conduct applicable to counsel or guardian ad litem for a minor child in family relations matter. - Not later than October 1, 2014, the Judicial Branch shall...
Section 46b-12c. - Motion for removal of counsel or guardian ad litem for a minor child. - Any party to an action involving the custody, care, support,...
Chapter 815a - Orders of Protection and Relief
Section 46b-15. - Relief for victim of domestic violence. Application. Court orders. Duration. Service of application, affidavit, any ex parte order and notice of hearing. Copies. Expedited hearing for violation of order. Other remedies. - (a) Any family or household member, as defined in section...
Section 46b-15a. - Foreign order of protection. Full faith and credit. Enforcement. Affirmative defense. Child custody provision. Registration. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “foreign order of...
Section 46b-15b. - Duties of Superior Court re applicants for restraining orders in domestic violence situations. - The Superior Court shall provide any person who applies for...
Section 46b-15c. - Out-of-court testimony in family relations matter when one party is subject to a protective order, restraining order or standing criminal protective order. Videoconference hearings permitted. Oaths. Cross-examination. Notice. - (a) In any court proceeding in a family relations matter,...
Section 46b-15d. - Courthouse space allocation for meeting between person seeking service of hearing notice and order and proper officer. - In each Superior Court where a restraining order issued under...
Section 46b-15e. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (a) and effective date.) Chief Court Administrator's responsibilities re applications for restraining orders and collection of data relating to restraining orders and civil pro... - *(a) The Chief Court Administrator shall revise and simplify the...
Section 46b-15f. - Grant program to provide legal assistance to indigents applying for restraining orders. - (a) There is established a grant program to provide individuals...
Section 46b-16. - Petition to Superior Court for ex parte order re temporary care and custody of child when parent arrested for custodial interference. Duration of order. - (a) When (1) a parent or relative has been arrested...
Section 46b-16a. - Issuance of civil protection order on behalf of person who has been victim of sexual abuse, sexual assault or stalking. Application. Hearing. Court orders. Duration. Notice. Other remedies. - (a) Any person who has been the victim of sexual...
Section 46b-17 to 46b-19. - Reserved for future use. - Note: Chapters 815b to 815d are also reserved for future...
Chapter 815e - Marriage
Section 46b-20. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Registrar” means the registrar...
Section 46b-20a. - Eligibility to marry. Issuance of license to minor who is sixteen or seventeen, when permitted. - (a) A person is eligible to marry if such person...
Section 46b-21. (Formerly Sec. 46-1). - Marriage of persons related by consanguinity or affinity prohibited. - No person may marry such person's parent, grandparent, child, grandchild,...
Section 46b-22. (Formerly Sec. 46-3). - Who may join persons in marriage. Penalty for unauthorized performance. - (a) Persons authorized to solemnize marriages in this state include...
Section 46b-22a. - Validation of marriages performed by unauthorized justice of the peace or family support referee. - (a) All marriages celebrated before June 6, 2014, otherwise valid...
Section 46b-22b. - Refusal to solemnize or participate in ceremony solemnizing a marriage on religious grounds. - (a) No member of the clergy authorized to join persons...
Section 46b-23. (Formerly Sec. 46-4). - Joining persons in marriage knowingly without authority. - Any person who undertakes to join persons in marriage, knowing...
Section 46b-24. (Formerly Sec. 46-5a). - License. Period of validity. Penalty for solemnization without license. Validity of marriage ceremony. - (a) Except as provided in section 46b-28a, no persons may...
Section 46b-24a. - Validation of marriages occurring in town other than town where license issued. - All marriages celebrated before June 6, 2014, otherwise valid except...
Section 46b-25. (Formerly Sec. 46-5b). - Application for license. - No license may be issued by the registrar until both...
Section 46b-26 and 46b-27. (Formerly Secs. 46-5c and 46-5d). - Test for venereal disease and rubella prerequisite. Issuance of license. - Sections 46b-26 and 46b-27 are repealed, effective October 1, 2003....
Section 46b-28. (Formerly Sec. 46-6). - Validity of marriages celebrated in a foreign country. - All marriages in which one or both parties are citizens...
Section 46b-28a. - Recognition of marriages and other relationships entered into in another state or jurisdiction. - A marriage, or a relationship that provides substantially the same...
Section 46b-28b. - Recognition by another state or jurisdiction of marriages entered into in this state. - A marriage between two persons entered into in this state...
Section 46b-28c. - Prior divorce in another state or country. Validity of marriage in this state. - No marriage shall be presumed to be invalid or bigamous...
Section 46b-28d. - Recognition of marriages entered into at Mashantucket Pequot reservation or Mohegan reservation. - All marriages celebrated before May 27, 2016, under a tribal...
Section 46b-29. (Formerly Sec. 46-5e). - Marriage of persons under conservatorship. - (a) No marriage license may be issued to any applicant...
Section 46b-30. (Formerly Sec. 46-5f). - Marriage of minors. - Section 46b-30 is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (1967, P.A....
Section 46b-31. (Formerly Sec. 46-5h). - Marriage of person whose last previous marriage was terminated by divorce or dissolution. - Section 46b-31 is repealed. (1967, P.A. 313, S. 8; 1969,...
Section 46b-32. (Formerly Sec. 46-5i). - Failure to make license available; penalty. - Section 46b-32 is repealed, effective October 1, 2004. (1967, P.A....
Section 46b-33. (Formerly Sec. 46-5j). - Copy of law to applicants. - Each registrar shall issue a copy of sections 46b-24, 46b-25...
Section 46b-34. (Formerly Sec. 46-7). - Marriage certificate. Affidavit in lieu of certificate. - (a) Each person who joins any person in marriage shall...
Section 46b-35. (Formerly Sec. 46-8). - Certificates prima facie evidence. - The certificates required by sections 46b-24, 46b-24a, 46b-25 and 46b-29...
Section 46b-35a. - Refusal to provide services or accommodations related to the solemnization or celebration of a marriage on religious grounds. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a religious organization, association...
Section 46b-35b. - Effect of marriage equality law on provision of adoption, foster care or social services by religious organization. - Nothing in public act 09-13* shall be deemed or construed...
Section 46b-36. (Formerly Sec. 46-9). - Property rights of spouse not affected by marriage. - A spouse shall not acquire by marriage any right to...
Section 46b-36a. - Short title: Connecticut Premarital Agreement Act. - Sections 46b-36a to 46b-36j, inclusive, may be cited as the...
Section 46b-36b. - Definitions. - As used in sections 46b-36a to 46b-36j, inclusive: (1) “Premarital...
Section 46b-36c. - Form of premarital agreement. - A premarital agreement shall be in writing and signed by...
Section 46b-36d. - Content of premarital agreement. - (a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect...
Section 46b-36e. - Effect of marriage on premarital agreement. - A premarital agreement becomes effective upon marriage unless otherwise provided...
Section 46b-36f. - Amendment or revocation of premarital agreement after marriage. - After marriage, a premarital agreement may be amended or revoked...
Section 46b-36g. - Enforcement of premarital agreement. - (a) A premarital agreement or amendment shall not be enforceable...
Section 46b-36h. - Enforcement of premarital agreement when marriage void. - If the marriage is held void or voidable, an agreement...
Section 46b-36i. - Statute of limitations re claims under premarital agreement. - Any statute of limitations applicable to an action asserting a...
Section 46b-36j. - Premarital agreements made prior to October 1, 1995, not affected. - Nothing in sections 46b-36a to 46b-36j, inclusive, shall be deemed...
Section 46b-37. (Formerly Sec. 46-10). - Joint duty of spouses to support family. Liability for purchases and certain expenses. Abandonment. - (a) Any purchase made by either a husband or wife...
Section 46b-38. - Relief from physical abuse by spouse. Application. Court orders. Duration. Copy. Other remedies. - Section 46b-38 is repealed. (P.A. 77-336, S. 1; P.A. 78-230,...
Section 46b-38a. - Family violence prevention and response: Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 46b-38a to 46b-38f, inclusive: (1)...
Section 46b-38b. - Investigation of family violence crime by peace officer. Arrest. Assistance to victim. Guidelines. Compliance with model law enforcement policy on family violence. Education and training program. Assistance and protocols for victim... - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...
Section 46b-38c. - Family violence response and intervention units. Local units. Duties and functions. Protective orders. Electronic monitoring pilot program. Pretrial family violence education program; fees. Training program. - (a) There shall be family violence response and intervention units...
Section 46b-38d. - Family violence offense report by peace officer. Compilation of statistics by Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Report to Governor and General Assembly. - (a) A peace officer who responds to a family violence...
Section 46b-38e. - Medical data collection reports. Form. Compilation of data by Department of Public Safety. Report to Governor and General Assembly. - Section 46b-38e is repealed. (P.A. 86-337, S. 5; P.A. 91-381,...
Section 46b-38f. - Statistical summary of family violence cases maintained by Court Support Services Division. Reports. - (a) The Court Support Services Division shall maintain a statistical...
Section 46b-38g. - Programs for children impacted by domestic violence. - The Chief Court Administrator shall, within available appropriations, establish programs...
Section 46b-38h. - Designation of conviction of certain crimes as involving family violence for purposes of criminal history record information. - If any person is convicted of a violation of section...
Section 46b-38i. - Judicial Department training for staff re family violence issues and law. Methods to reduce geographic disparities. - (a) The Judicial Department shall provide training to Judicial Department...
Section 46b-38j. - Family Violence Model Policy Governing Council. Membership. Duties. Annual report. - (a) There is established a Family Violence Model Policy Governing...
Section 46b-38k. - Unlawful disclosure of confidential location of an emergency shelter operated by domestic violence agency. Class A misdemeanor. - Any person who maliciously publishes, disseminates or otherwise discloses the...
Section 46b-38l. - Domestic Violence Offender Program Standards Advisory Council. Duties. Members. Report. - (a) There is established a Domestic Violence Offender Program Standards...
Section 46b-38m. - Accessibility of domestic violence offender program standards on Judicial Branch's Internet web site. - Not later than thirty days after June 30, 2015, the...
Chapter 815f - Civil Union
Section 46b-38aa to 46b-38oo. - Definitions. Eligibility. Kindred prohibited from entering into civil union. Persons authorized to join persons in a civil union. Penalty for unauthorized joining of persons in a civil union. Failure or refusal to join... - Sections 46b-38aa to 46b-38oo, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 46b-38pp. - Applicability of estate tax, gift tax and income tax to parties to a civil union. - The provisions of chapters 217, 228c and 229 shall apply...
Section 46b-38qq. - Merger of civil union into marriage by action of the parties. - (a) On and after April 23, 2009, and prior to...
Section 46b-38rr. - Merger of civil union into marriage by default. Exception. - (a) Two persons who are parties to a civil union...
Section 46b-38ss. - Savings clause. - Nothing in section 46b-38qq or 46b-38rr or section 21 of...
Section 46b-38tt. - Dissolution, annulment or legal separation of civil union performed in foreign jurisdiction. Enforcement or modification of foreign matrimonial judgment. - (a) Either party to a valid civil union performed in...
Section 46b-39. - Reserved for future use. - Note: Chapters 815g to 815i are also reserved for future...
Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment
Section 46b-40. (Formerly Sec. 46-32). - Grounds for dissolution of marriage; legal separation; annulment. - (a) A marriage is dissolved only by (1) the death...
Section 46b-41. (Formerly Sec. 46-36a). - Complaint includes cross-complaints or cross actions. - Whenever the word “complaint” is used in this chapter or...
Section 46b-42. (Formerly Sec. 46-33). - Jurisdiction. - The Superior Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all complaints...
Section 46b-43. (Formerly Sec. 46-34). - Capacity of minor to prosecute or defend. - Any married minor may, in his own name, prosecute or...
Section 46b-44. (Formerly Sec. 46-35). - Residency requirement. - (a) A complaint for dissolution of a marriage or for...
Section 46b-44a. - Filing of joint petition for nonadversarial dissolution of marriage. Procedure. - (a) An action for a nonadversarial dissolution of marriage may...
Section 46b-44b. - Revocation of joint petition for nonadversarial dissolution of marriage. Effect. - (a) Any action for a nonadversarial dissolution brought pursuant to...
Section 46b-44c. - Disposition of nonadversarial dissolution of marriage; entry of decree of dissolution of marriage. - (a) All nonadversarial dissolution actions brought pursuant to section 46b-44a...
Section 46b-44d. - Review of settlement agreement in nonadversarial dissolution of marriage. Appearance of parties required; exceptions. Matters placed on the regular family docket. - (a) If after review of a settlement agreement filed pursuant...
Section 46b-45. (Formerly Sec. 46-36). - Service and filing of complaint and appearance. Waiver of service. - (a) A proceeding for an annulment, a dissolution of marriage...
Section 46b-45a. - Allegation of pregnancy in pleadings. Disagreement as to parentage. Hearing. - (a) If, during the pendency of a dissolution or annulment...
Section 46b-46. (Formerly Sec. 46-39). - Notice to nonresident party. Jurisdiction over nonresident for alimony and support. - (a) On a complaint for dissolution, annulment, legal separation or...
Section 46b-47. (Formerly Sec. 46-40). - Complaint for dissolution of marriage on ground of confinement for mental illness; procedure. - (a) A copy of the writ and complaint in an...
Section 46b-48. (Formerly Sec. 46-37). - Dissolution of marriage or annulment upon conviction of crime against chastity; procedure. - When any married person has been convicted in any court...
Section 46b-49. (Formerly Sec. 46-45). - Private hearing. - When it considers it necessary in the interests of justice...
Section 46b-50. (Formerly Sec. 46-46). - Number of witnesses in uncontested action. - In any action under this chapter, where the complaint for...
Section 46b-51. (Formerly Sec. 46-48). - Stipulation of parties and finding of irretrievable breakdown. - (a) In any action for dissolution of marriage or legal...
Section 46b-52. - Recrimination and condonation abolished. - The defenses of recrimination and condonation to any action for...
Section 46b-53. (Formerly Sec. 46-41). - Conciliation procedures; privileged communications. - (a) On or after the return day of a complaint...
Section 46b-53a. - Mediation program for persons filing for dissolution of marriage. Privileged communications. - (a) A program of mediation services for persons filing for...
Section 46b-54. (Formerly Sec. 46-43). - Appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem for a minor child. Duties. Best interests of the child. - (a) The court may appoint counsel or a guardian ad...
Section 46b-55. (Formerly Sec. 46-63). - Attorney General as party to action. - The Attorney General shall be and remain a party to...
Section 46b-56. (Formerly Sec. 46-42). - Orders re custody, care, education, visitation and support of children. Best interests of the child. Access to records of minor child by noncustodial parent. Orders re therapy, counseling and drug or alcohol s... - (a) In any controversy before the Superior Court as to...
Section 46b-56a. - Joint custody. Definition. Presumption. Conciliation. Parental responsibility plan. Modification of orders. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “joint custody” means...
Section 46b-56b. - Presumption re best interest of child to be in custody of parent. - In any dispute as to the custody of a minor...
Section 46b-56c. - Educational support orders. - (a) For purposes of this section, an educational support order...
Section 46b-56d. - Relocation of parent with minor child. Burden of proof. Factors considered by court. - (a) In any proceeding before the Superior Court arising after...
Section 46b-56e. - Orders of custody or visitation re children of deploying parent. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Armed forces”...
Section 46b-56f. - Emergency ex parte order of custody. - (a) Any person seeking custody of a minor child pursuant...
Section 46b-57. (Formerly Sec. 46-47). - Third party intervention re custody of minor children. Preference of child. - In any controversy before the Superior Court as to the...
Section 46b-58. (Formerly Sec. 46-58). - Custody, maintenance and education of adopted children. - The authority of the Superior Court to make and enforce...
Section 46b-59. - Petition for right of visitation with minor child. Order for payment of fees. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Grandparent” means a...
Section 46b-59a. - Mediation of disputes re enforcement of visitation rights. - The Office of the Chief Court Administrator may establish programs...
Section 46b-59b. - Court may not grant visitation to parent convicted of murder. Exception. - Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, no court shall make...
Section 46b-60. (Formerly Sec. 46-55). - Orders re children and alimony in annulment cases. - In connection with any petition for annulment under this chapter,...
Section 46b-61. (Formerly Sec. 46-62). - Orders re children where parents live separately. Filing of accompanying documents. - (a) In all cases in which the parents of a...
Section 46b-62. - Orders for payment of attorney's fees and fees of guardian ad litem in certain actions. Limitations on orders for payment of fees to counsel or guardian ad litem for a minor child. Methodology for calculating fees on sliding-scale b... - (a) In any proceeding seeking relief under the provisions of...
Section 46b-63. (Formerly Sec. 46-60). - Restoration of birth name or former name of spouse. - (a) At the time of entering a decree dissolving a...
Section 46b-64. (Formerly Sec. 46-64c). - Orders of court prior to return day of complaint. - Any provision in this chapter that the court may make...
Section 46b-65. (Formerly Sec. 46-61). - Filing of declaration of resumption of marital relations; dissolution of marriage after legal separation decree when no declaration filed. - (a) If the parties to a decree of legal separation...
Section 46b-66. (Formerly Sec. 46-49). - Review of final agreement; incorporation into decree. Arbitration. - (a) Except as provided in section 46b-44c, in any case...
Section 46b-66a. - Order of court re conveyance of title to real property. Effect of decree. - (a) At the time of entering a decree annulling or...
Section 46b-67. (Formerly Sec. 46-44). - Waiting period. Filing of motion to waive waiting period; nonappearing defendant. Effect of decree. - (a) Following the expiration of ninety days after the day...
Section 46b-68. (Formerly Sec. 46-64). - Reports to Department of Public Health re dissolutions of marriage and annulments. - Section 46b-68 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (P.A. 73-373,...
Section 46b-69. (Formerly Sec. 46-64b). - Statutes applicable to matrimonial actions. - The provisions of this chapter and sections 17b-743, 17b-744, 45a-257,...
Section 46b-69a. - Wage executions and earning assignments. - Executions and earning assignments in accordance with section 52-362 shall...
Section 46b-69b. - Parenting education program. - (a) The Judicial Department shall establish a parenting education program...
Section 46b-69c. - Advisory committee. Recommendations to Judicial Department. - (a) There is established an advisory committee to (1) make...
Section 46b-70. - Foreign matrimonial judgment defined. - As used in sections 46b-70 to 46b-75, inclusive, “foreign matrimonial...
Section 46b-71. - Filing of foreign matrimonial judgment; enforcement in this state. - (a) Any party to an action in which a foreign...
Section 46b-72. - Notification of filing. - Within five days after the filing of such judgment and...
Section 46b-73. - Stay of enforcement; modifications; hearing. - (a) If either party files an affidavit with the court...
Section 46b-74. - Right to action on judgment unimpaired. - The right of a party to a foreign matrimonial judgment...
Section 46b-75. - Uniformity of interpretation. - Sections 46b-70 to 46b-75, inclusive, shall be so construed as...
Section 46b-80. (Formerly Sec. 46-38). - Prejudgment remedies available; lis pendens; notice; effect. - (a) The following procedures shall be available to secure the...
Section 46b-81. (Formerly Sec. 46-51). - Assignment of property and transfer of title. - (a) At the time of entering a decree annulling or...
Section 46b-82. (Formerly Sec. 46-52). - Alimony. - (a) At the time of entering the decree, the Superior...
Section 46b-83. (Formerly Sec. 46-50). - Alimony, support and use of family home or other residential dwelling unit awarded pendente lite. Voluntary leaving of family home by one parent. - (a) At any time after the return day of a...
Section 46b-84. (Formerly Sec. 46-57). - Parents' obligation for maintenance of minor child. Order for health insurance coverage. - (a) Upon or subsequent to the annulment or dissolution of...
Section 46b-85. (Formerly Sec. 46-53). - Order for support of mentally ill spouse. - At the time of granting dissolution of a marriage to...
Section 46b-86. (Formerly Sec. 46-54). - Modification of alimony or support orders and judgments. - (a) Unless and to the extent that the decree precludes...
Section 46b-87. (Formerly Sec. 46-56). - Contempt of orders. - When any person is found in contempt of an order...
Section 46b-87a. - Forms and instructions for application for contempt order based on violation of visitation order. - The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall prepare forms,...
Section 46b-88. - National Medical Support Notice. Duties of issuing agency, employer and administrator of group health plan. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Issuing agency”...
Section 46b-89. - Reserved for future use. - Note: Chapters 815k to 815n are also reserved for future...
Chapter 815o - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (Repealed)
Section 46b-90 to 46b-114. - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. - Sections 46b-90 to 46b-114, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Chapter 815p - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Section 46b-115. - Short title: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. - This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Child Custody...
Section 46b-115a. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Abandoned” means left without...
Section 46b-115b. - Proceedings governed by other law. - The chapter does not govern an adoption proceeding or a...
Section 46b-115c. - Application to Indian tribes. - A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child...
Section 46b-115d. - International application of chapter. - For purposes of this chapter, any child custody order of...
Section 46b-115e. - Effect of child custody determination. - A child custody determination made by a court of this...
Section 46b-115f. - Priority. - If a question of the existence or exercise of jurisdiction...
Section 46b-115g. - Notice to persons outside state; submission to jurisdiction. - (a) Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction over a...
Section 46b-115h. - Communication between courts. - (a) A court of this state may communicate with a...
Section 46b-115i. - Taking testimony in another state. - (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party,...
Section 46b-115j. - Cooperation between courts; preservation of records. - (a) A court of this state may request the appropriate...
Section 46b-115k. - Initial child custody jurisdiction. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-115n, a court...
Section 46b-115l. - Jurisdiction. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-115n, a court...
Section 46b-115m. - Modification of custody determination of another state. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-115n, a court...
Section 46b-115n. - Temporary emergency jurisdiction. - (a) A court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction...
Section 46b-115o. - Notice and opportunity to be heard; joinder. - (a) Before a child custody determination is made under this...
Section 46b-115p. - Simultaneous proceedings. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-115n, if at...
Section 46b-115q. - Inconvenient forum. - (a) A court of this state which has jurisdiction under...
Section 46b-115r. - Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct; assessment of fees and costs. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-115n, if a...
Section 46b-115s. - Information required by the court. - (a) In a child custody proceeding, each party, in its...
Section 46b-115t. - Appearance of parties and child. - (a) In a child custody proceeding in this state, the...
Section 46b-115u. - Definitions. - As used in sections 46b-115u to 46b-115gg, inclusive, “petitioner” means...
Section 46b-115v. - Enforcement under Hague Convention. - A court of this state may enforce an order by...
Section 46b-115w. - Registration of child custody determination. - (a) A child custody determination issued by a court of...
Section 46b-115x. - Enforcement of child custody determination. - A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but...
Section 46b-115y. - Temporary visitation order. - (a) A court of this state which does not have...
Section 46b-115z. - Simultaneous proceedings. - If a proceeding for enforcement under this chapter is commenced...
Section 46b-115aa. - Expedited enforcement of child custody determination. - (a) A petitioner seeking to enforce a child custody determination...
Section 46b-115bb. - Service of petition and order. - Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-115dd, the petition and...
Section 46b-115cc. - Hearing and order. - (a) Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant...
Section 46b-115dd. - Order to take physical custody of child. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of...
Section 46b-115ee. - Costs, fees and expenses. - The court shall award the prevailing party necessary and reasonable...
Section 46b-115ff. - Recognition and enforcement of order issued by another state. - A court of this state shall accord full faith and...
Section 46b-115gg. - Appeals. - An order enforcing a child custody determination may not be...
Section 46b-115hh. - Definitions. - As used in sections 46b-115ii and 46b-115jj: “Foreign child custody...
Section 46b-115ii. - Foreign child custody determination. - A court of this state shall treat a foreign child...
Section 46b-115jj. - Enforcement of foreign child custody order re return of child under Hague Convention. - A court of this state shall enforce a foreign child...
Section 46b-116 to 46b-119. - Reserved for future use. - Note: Chapters 815q to 815s are also reserved for future...
Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters
Section 46b-120. (Formerly Sec. 51-301). - Definitions. - The terms used in this chapter shall, in its interpretation...
Section 46b-121. (Formerly Sec. 51-302). - “Juvenile matters” defined. Authority of court. - (a)(1) Juvenile matters in the civil session include all proceedings...
Section 46b-121a. - Referral of juvenile matters to state referees. - The Superior Court may refer any juvenile matter to a...
Section 46b-121b. - Handling of juvenile matters. - (a) The Division of Criminal Justice shall have charge of...
Section 46b-121h. - Goals of juvenile justice system. - It is the intent of the General Assembly that the...
Section 46b-121i and 46b-121j. - Duties and responsibilities of the Judicial Department in providing programs and services to the juvenile justice system. Programs and probation treatment services for juvenile offenders. - Sections 46b-121i and 46b-121j are repealed, effective July 1, 2018....
Section 46b-121k. - Programs, services and facilities for juvenile offenders. - (a)(1) The Judicial Branch shall develop a continuum of community-based...
Section 46b-121l. - Early intervention projects for juvenile offenders. - Section 46b-121l is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (P.A. 95-225,...
Section 46b-121m. - Evaluation of the costs and benefits of programs serving juvenile offenders. - Section 46b-121m is repealed, effective July 1, 2009. (P.A. 00-172;...
Section 46b-121n. - Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee. Reports. - (a) There is established a Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight...
Section 46b-121o. - Redicivism reduction framework for the juvenile justice system. - Not later than January 1, 2017, the Department of Children...
Section 46b-121p. - Training and monitoring deescalation efforts in secure and congregate care settings. Tracking of arrests and recidivism rates. - Not later than January 1, 2017, the Department of Children...
Section 46b-121q. - Commitment of juvenile offenders. Sentence of probation. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, on and after...
Section 46b-121r. - Comprehensive system of graduated responses provided for juvenile offenders. - The Judicial Branch shall expand its contracted-for juvenile justice services...
Section 46b-121s. - Community-based diversion system. - There shall be a community-based diversion system developed pursuant to...
Section 46b-122. (Formerly Sec. 51-303). - Juvenile matters separated from other court business when practicable. Exclusion of persons from hearing. Exceptions. - (a) All matters which are juvenile matters, as defined in...
Section 46b-122a. - Use of mechanical restraints during juvenile proceedings. Statistics concerning use of restraints. - There shall be a presumption in juvenile proceedings that all...
Section 46b-123. (Formerly Sec. 51-304). - Appointment of staff for juvenile matters. - The judges of the Superior Court, or in the discretion...
Section 46b-123a. - Transfer of personnel to Division of Criminal Justice. - All persons employed as court advocates, inspectors or investigators, and...
Section 46b-123b. - Transfer of juvenile justice centers to Judicial Department. - Juvenile justice centers within the Office of Policy and Management...
Section 46b-123c to 46b-123e. - Commission on Child Protection; membership; duties. Chief Child Protection Attorney; duties; contracts for legal services. Eligibility for counsel in family relations or juvenile matters; procedure for appointment or a... - Sections 46b-123c to 46b-123e, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Section 46b-123f. - Transfer of legal authority over delinquent children committed to the Department of Children and Families to the Judicial Branch. - (a) On July 1, 2018, the Judicial Branch shall assume...
Section 46b-124. (Formerly Sec. 51-305). - Confidentiality of records of juvenile matters. Exceptions. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “records of cases...
Section 46b-124. (Formerly Sec. 51-305). *(See end of section for amende - Confidentiality of records of juvenile matters. Exceptions. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “records of cases...
Section 46b-124a. - Access to records of cases of juvenile matters by victim of delinquent act committed by a child. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes concerning the...
Section 46b-125. (Formerly Sec. 51-306). - Juvenile probation officers and juvenile matters investigators. Rights in retirement system. Duties and authority. - Juvenile probation officers shall investigate and submit reports and recommendations...
Section 46b-126. (Formerly Sec. 51-307). - Secure facilities for care and treatment of children. - Section 46b-126 is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (1971, P.A....
Section 46b-126a. - Out-of-school suspensions for children residing in juvenile facilities prohibited. - No facility operated by the Department of Children and Families,...
Section 46b-127. (Formerly Sec. 51-308). - Transfer of child charged with a felony to the regular criminal docket. Transfer of youth aged sixteen or seventeen to docket for juvenile matters. - (a)(1) The court shall automatically transfer from the docket for...
Section 46b-128. (Formerly Sec. 51-309). - Investigation of delinquency complaint. Nonjudicial disposition. Petition of delinquency. Summoning of child and parent or guardian. - (a) Whenever the Superior Court is in receipt of any...
Section 46b-128a. - Competency determinations in juvenile matters. - (a) In any juvenile matter, as defined in section 46b-121,...
Section 46b-129. (Formerly Sec. 51-310). - Commitment of child or youth. Petition for neglected, uncared for or abused child or youth. Hearing re temporary custody, order to appear or petition. Review of permanency plan. Cost of care and maintenance... - (a) Any selectman, town manager, or town, city or borough...
Section 46b-129a. - Examination by physician, psychiatrist or psychologist. Counsel and guardian ad litem. Testimony. Evidence. - In proceedings in the Superior Court under section 46b-129: (1)...
Section 46b-129b. - Filing of petition for adoption and written agreement of adoption by Commissioner of Children and Families. Review of adoption social study and other reports. Hearing. Adoptive parents entitled to receive copies of records and oth... - (a) If the Superior Court grants a petition to terminate...
Section 46b-129c. - “Court appointed special advocate” defined. Appointment, duties, background checks and limited civil or criminal liability for actions undertaken. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “court appointed special...
Section 46b-130. (Formerly Sec. 51-311). - Reimbursement for expense of care and maintenance. Assignment of right of support to Commissioner of Children and Families. Parents' assistance in pursuing support. - The parents of a minor child for whom care or...
Section 46b-131. (Formerly Sec. 51-312). - Custody of alleged delinquent child pending disposition. Bail. - Section 46b-131 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2808; 1969, P.A....
Section 46b-132. (Formerly Sec. 51-313). - Temporary detention places. - Where accommodations for the temporary detention of children in state-operated...
Section 46b-132a. - Medical care of children in juvenile residential centers. - When deemed in the best interests of a child placed...
Section 46b-133. (Formerly Sec. 51-314). - Arrest of child. Notice of arrest. Release or detention of arrested child. Alcohol or drug testing or treatment as condition of release. Admission of child to juvenile residential center. Entry of take into... - (a) Nothing in this part shall be construed as preventing...
Section 46b-133a. - Right to trial or dismissal upon nolle prosequi of delinquency charge. Erasure of records. - (a) A nolle prosequi may not be entered as to...
Section 46b-133b. - Suspension of delinquency proceedings for treatment for alcohol or drug dependency. - (a) The court, on motion of a child charged with...
Section 46b-133c. - Serious juvenile repeat offender prosecution. Sentencing. - (a) Whenever a child is referred for the commission of...
Section 46b-133d. - Serious homicide, firearm or sexual offender prosecution. Sentencing. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “special juvenile probation”...
Section 46b-133e. - Suspension of delinquency proceedings for participation in school violence prevention program. - (a) The court, upon motion of a child charged with...
Section 46b-133f. - Family violence mediation program on docket for juvenile matters. Report. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Child” means...
Section 46b-133g. - Detention risk screening instrument. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Court Support...
Section 46b-133h. - Parameters for releasing child from detention. - Not later than January 1, 2017, the Court Support Services...
Section 46b-133i. - Suspension of delinquency proceedings for fire starting behavior treatment. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “an act of...
Section 46b-133j. - Suspension of delinquency proceeding for participation in services to address condition or behavior related to an offense involving a motor vehicle. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Delinquency offense involving...
Section 46b-133k. - Policy re suicidal and self-harming behaviors and use of solitary confinement, prone restraints and chemical agents in juvenile detention centers and correctional facilities detaining juveniles. Reporting. - (a) Not later than July 1, 2020, the Commissioner of...
Section 46b-133l. - Report of use of chemical agents or prone restraints on detained juveniles. - The Commissioner of Correction and the executive director of the...
Section 46b-133m. - Independent ombudsperson services provided in facilities that detain juveniles. - (a) For purposes of this section, “independent ombudsperson services” includes...
Section 46b-133n. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Communication services in juvenile detention facilities. - (a) The executive director of the Court Support Services Division...
Section 46b-133o. - Access to juvenile residential centers. Nondisclosure of information identifying a juvenile. penalty. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 46b-124, the Judicial Branch,...
Section 46b-133p. - Submission of copy of form to detain by law enforcement officer. Judicial Branch data compilation and report. - (a) Any law enforcement officer who sought a court order...
Section 46b-134. (Formerly Sec. 51-315). - Investigation by probation officer prior to disposition of delinquency case. Physical, mental and diagnostic examination. - Prior to the disposition of the case of any child...
Section 46b-135. (Formerly Sec. 51-316). - Right to counsel and cross-examination. - (a) At the commencement of any proceeding concerning the alleged...
Section 46b-136. (Formerly Sec. 51-317). - Appointment of attorney to represent child or youth and parent or guardian. Payment for the cost of attorney. - (a) In any proceeding in a juvenile matter, the judge...
Section 46b-137. (Formerly Sec. 51-318). - Admissibility of admission, confession or statement in juvenile proceedings. - (a) Any admission, confession or statement, written or oral, made...
Section 46b-138. (Formerly Sec. 51-319). - Summoning of witnesses. Conversation privileged. - For the purpose of hearing any juvenile matter, the court...
Section 46b-138a. - Testimony of accused juvenile, parent or guardian in juvenile proceeding. - In any juvenile proceeding in the Superior Court, the accused...
Section 46b-138b. - Statement of victim or victim's representative at delinquency proceeding. - In any proceeding concerning the alleged delinquency of a child,...
Section 46b-139. (Formerly Sec. 51-320). - Expert medical witnesses; interpreter. - (a) When any licensed physician or certified or licensed psychologist...
Section 46b-140. (Formerly Sec. 51-321). - Disposition upon adjudication of child as delinquent. - (a) In determining the appropriate disposition of a child adjudicated...
Section 46b-140a. - Modification of conditions of probation supervision or probation supervision with residential placement. Violation of conditions. - (a) At any time during the period of probation supervision...
Section 46b-141 (Formerly Sec. 51-322) to 46b-141b. - Length of commitments; motion for extension of commitment; permanency hearing; permanency plan; reopening and termination. Placement of delinquent child in alternative incarceration program. Proba... - Sections 46b-141 to 46b-141b are repealed, effective July 1, 2018....
Section 46b-141c. - Reimbursement of costs of probation supervision. - The Judicial Department may require the parent or parents or...
Section 46b-141d. - Credit for presentence detention. - Any child who is arrested and held in a juvenile...
Section 46b-142. (Formerly Sec. 51-323). - Venue of petitions. Appeal to Appellate Court. Expedited hearing in termination of parental rights appeals. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator, in consultation with the judges...
Section 46b-143. (Formerly Sec. 51-324). - Notice of appeal. - The clerk in charge of juvenile matters shall note the...
Section 46b-144. (Formerly Sec. 51-325). - Religious faith. Service of commitment process. - In committing a child or youth to a custodial agency,...
Section 46b-145. (Formerly Sec. 51-326). - Prohibition on prosecution of child before regular criminal docket. Exceptions. - No child shall be prosecuted for an offense before the...
Section 46b-146. (Formerly Sec. 51-327). - Erasure of police and court records. - Whenever any child has been convicted as delinquent, has been...
Section 46b-147. (Formerly Sec. 51-328). - Proceedings inadmissible as evidence in criminal proceedings. - The disposition of any child under the provisions of this...
Section 46b-147a. - Reports on cases of children charged with serious juvenile offenses. - Section 46b-147a is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 89-273,...
Section 46b-148. (Formerly Sec. 51-329). - Child from family with service needs not to be held in juvenile residential center or convicted as delinquent for violation of court order re future conduct. Court determination re placement or commitment of... - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter: (1) No child...
Section 46b-149. - Child from family with service needs. Complaint. Review by probation officer. Referral for services. Procedure. Hearing. Order. Modification of conditions. Permanency plan and hearing. - (a) The provisions of this section in effect on June...
Section 46b-149a. - Duties of police officer re child of family with service needs. - (a) Any police officer who receives a report from the...
Section 46b-149b. - Immunity of police officer or municipal official from personal liability. - Any police officer or any official of a municipal or...
Section 46b-149c. - Truancy and other family with service needs cases. Duties of Judicial Branch. - With respect to truancy and other family with service needs...
Section 46b-149d. - Demonstration project to establish school and community-based truancy prevention initiative. Sites. Grant eligibility. Establishment of truancy or family with service needs docket. Duties of Court Support Services Division. - Section 46b-149d is repealed, effective July 1, 2005. (P.A. 98-183,...
Section 46b-149e. - Family support centers. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “family support center”...
Section 46b-149f. - Child from family with service needs who violates valid court order or is in imminent risk of physical harm. Petition. Hearing. Order. - (a) When a child who has been adjudicated as a...
Section 46b-150. - Emancipation of minor. Procedure. Notice. Attorney General as party. - Any minor who has reached such minor's sixteenth birthday and...
Section 46b-150a. - Investigation of petition for emancipation. Report. Appointment of counsel. Probate Court may order examination. - (a) With respect to a petition filed in Superior Court...
Section 46b-150b. - Order of emancipation. - If the Superior Court or the Probate Court, after hearing,...
Section 46b-150c. - Appeal. - Any person named in a petition filed pursuant to section...
Section 46b-150d. - Effect of emancipation. - An order that a minor is emancipated shall have the...
Section 46b-150e. - Emancipation under common law. - Nothing in sections 46b-150 to 46b-150e, inclusive, shall affect the...
Section 46b-150f to 46b-150h. - Youth in crisis; petition; court orders; violations. Duties of police officer re youth in crisis. Youth in crisis pilot program in Middletown probate district. - Sections 46b-150f to 46b-150h, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Section 46b-150i. - Appearances filed in Probate Court to continue in superior court for juvenile matters. - Any appearance filed for any party in the Probate Court...
Section 46b-151 to 46b-151g. (Formerly Secs. 17-75 to 17-81). - Declaration of policy. Compact. Amendment to compact concerning interstate rendition of juveniles alleged to be delinquent. Compact administrator. Supplementary agreements. Payments by s... - Sections 46b-151 to 46b-151g, inclusive, are repealed, effective August 26,...
Section 46b-151h. - Interstate Compact for Juveniles. - The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is hereby enacted into law...
Section 46b-151i. - Chief Court Administrator as administrator of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles. - The Chief Court Administrator, or his or her designee, shall...
Section 46b-152 to 46b-159. - Reserved for future use. - Note: Chapters 815u to 815x are also reserved for future...
Chapter 815y - Paternity Matters
Section 46b-160. (Formerly Sec. 52-435a). - Petition to adjudicate parentage. Continuance of case. Evidence. Jurisdiction over alleged parent. Personal service. Petition to include answer form, notice and application for appointment of counsel. Genet... - (a)(1)(A) Except for petitions in uncontested actions brought pursuant to...
Section 46b-161. (Formerly Sec. 52-438a). - Procedure brought prior to birth of child. - In the case of any such petition brought prior to...
Section 46b-162. (Formerly Sec. 52-440a). - Action by state or town. - The state or any town interested in the support of...
Section 46b-164. (Formerly Sec. 52-438). - Either party may demand trial by jury of six. - Section 46b-164 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 46b-165. (Formerly Sec. 52-435b). - Testimony of parent or alleged parent. - In parentage proceedings concerning a child for whom parentage is...
Section 46b-166. (Formerly Sec. 52-435c). - Testimony of putative father. - Section 46b-166 is repealed, effective January 1, 2022. (1971, P.A....
Section 46b-167. (Formerly Sec. 52-437). - Evidence of putative father's good character admissible. - Section 46b-167 is repealed, effective January 1, 2022. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 46b-168. (Formerly Sec. 52-184). - Assessment of costs for genetic tests. - The costs of genetic tests carried out pursuant to the...
Section 46b-168a. - Genetic tests in IV-D support cases when parentage is at issue. - (a) In any IV-D support case, as defined in subdivision...
Section 46b-169. (Formerly Sec. 52-440b). - Compelling disclosure of name of alleged genetic parent. Institution of action. - (a) If the birth parent of any child born to...
Section 46b-170. (Formerly Sec. 52-439a). - Withdrawal of petition. Agreement of settlement. - No petition under section 46b-160 shall be withdrawn except upon...
Section 46b-171. (Formerly Sec. 52-442). - Judgment of court or family support magistrate. Support orders. Past-due support. Reopened judgment of parentage. - (a)(1)(A) If the defendant is found to be the parent...
Section 46b-172. (Formerly Sec. 52-442a). - Agreement to support; judgment. Proceeding to obtain order of support. - (a)(1) An agreement to support the child by payment of...
Section 46b-172a. - Filing of claim for parentage by alleged genetic parent. Attorney General as party. Child as party. Hearing. Rights and responsibilities upon adjudication or acknowledgment of parentage. Claim for parentage after death of alleged... - (a) Any person claiming to be the alleged genetic parent...
Section 46b-173. (Formerly Sec. 52-442b). - Filing of agreements. Disclosure. - Section 46b-173 is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 406, S. 6;...
Section 46b-175. (Formerly Sec. 52-442d). - Venue for paternity actions filed prior to June 25, 1975, transferred. - Section 46b-175 is repealed. (P.A. 75-406, S. 10, 11; P.A....
Section 46b-179. - Foreign parentage judgments. - As used in sections 46b-179a to 46b-179d, inclusive, foreign parentage...
Section 46b-179a. - Registry of foreign parentage judgments. Filing of certified copy and certification of final judgment. - (a) Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court shall maintain...
Section 46b-179b. - Enforcement of foreign parentage judgment. - Such foreign parentage judgment, on the filing with the registry...
Section 46b-179c. - Notification of filing judgment. Proof of service to be filed with court. - Within five days of the filing of the judgment and...
Section 46b-179d. - Enforcement of foreign parentage judgment stayed by other pending actions. - If either party files an affidavit with the Family Support...
Chapter 816 - Support
Section 46b-180 to 46b-186. (Formerly Secs. 17-327 to 17-333). - Definitions. Remedies additional to existing remedies. Extent of duties of support. Remedies of a state or political subdivision thereof furnishing support. Choice of law. How duties of... - Sections 46b-180 to 46b-186, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1,...
Section 46b-187. (Formerly Sec. 17-334). - Payment of petitioner's representatives. - Section 46b-187 is repealed. (1951, S. 1401b; 1953, S. 3245d;...
Section 46b-188 to 46b-206. (Formerly Secs. 17-335 to 17-353 et al). - Contents of petition for support. Petition for a minor. Duty of Family Support Magistrate Division acting for state as initiating state. Costs and fees. Jurisdiction by arrest. St... - Sections 46b-188 to 46b-206, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1,...
Section 46b-207. (Formerly Sec. 17-354). - Support services. - The court is authorized to establish and maintain Support Enforcement...
Section 46b-208. (Formerly Sec. 17-354a). - Powers of support service investigators. - The support service investigators of Support Enforcement Services of the...
Section 46b-209 and 46b-210. (Formerly Secs. 17-355 and 17-355a). - Uniformity of interpretation. Proceedings not stayed by other pending actions. - Sections 46b-209 and 46b-210 are repealed, effective January 1, 1998....
Section 46b-211. (Formerly Sec. 17-355b). - Participation in proceedings not to confer jurisdiction for other proceedings. - Participation in any proceedings under this part shall not confer...
Section 46b-212 to 46b-213w. - Short title: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Definitions. Tribunals of state. Remedies cumulative. Jurisdiction over nonresident. Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident. Family Support Magistrate... - Sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Section 46b-215. (Formerly Sec. 17-320). - Relatives obliged to furnish support. Attorney General and attorney for town as parties. Orders. - (a)(1) The Superior Court or a family support magistrate may...
Section 46b-215a. - Commission for Child Support Guidelines. Duties. Members. Validity of actions taken during vacancy. - (a) The Commission for Child Support Guidelines is established to...
Section 46b-215b. - Guidelines to be used in determination of amount of support and payment on arrearages and past-due support. - (a) The child support and arrearage guidelines issued pursuant to...
Section 46b-215c. - Guidelines to be approved by legislative regulation review committee. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 46b-215a and 46b-215b, updated...
Section 46b-215d. - Certain earnings not considered income for purposes of guidelines. - Notwithstanding the child support guidelines established pursuant to section 46b-215a,...
Section 46b-215e. - Initial or modified support order when child support obligor is institutionalized or incarcerated. Procedure in IV-D support cases when child support obligor is incarcerated for more than ninety days. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, whenever a...
Section 46b-216. (Formerly Sec. 17-321). - Support of surviving husband or wife by heirs. - The estate of any person dying without issue, leaving a...
Section 46b-217. (Formerly Sec. 17-322). - Relief from support. - Any defendant in an action brought under either section 46b-215...
Section 46b-218. (Formerly Sec. 17-324a). - Filing of identification and location information with the state case registry. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Identification and location...
Section 46b-219. (Formerly Sec. 17-326). - No liability for support of deserting parent. - No person shall be liable under any provision of the...
Section 46b-220. - Suspension of license of delinquent child support obligor. Conditions. Reinstatement. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Delinquent child...
Section 46b-221. - Notice to delinquent child support obligors by Commissioner of Social Services re availability of remedy of license suspension. - The Commissioner of Social Services may provide notice to all...
Section 46b-222. - Regulations. - The Department of Social Services may adopt regulations in accordance...
Section 46b-223. - Rules of court. - The judges of the Superior Court may adopt any rules...
Section 46b-224. - Effect of court order changing or transferring guardianship or custody of child on preexisting support order. - Whenever the Probate Court, in a guardianship matter under chapter...
Section 46b-225. - Judicial marshal authorized to serve capias mittimus or copy thereof issued in child support matter. - Any judicial marshal may serve a capias mittimus or a...
Section 46b-231. - Definitions. Family Support Magistrate Division. Family support magistrates; appointment, salaries, powers and duties. Orders. Appeal. Attorney General; duties re actions for support. Department of Social Services; powers. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...
Section 46b-232. - Alteration or setting aside of support order by family support magistrate, when. - A family support magistrate may alter or set aside (1)...
Section 46b-232a. - Authority of family support magistrates re order for obligor's participation in program and suspension of or election not to impose support order. Reports. - (a) In all IV-D support cases, family support magistrates shall...
Section 46b-233. - Longevity payments. - Each family support magistrate, who has completed not less than...
Section 46b-233a. - Retirement of family support magistrates. Credit for prior service. Amounts used in determining salary. Limitation on retirement salary. - (a) Each family support magistrate who had elected under the...
Section 46b-234. - Report by the Attorney General to IV-D agency re performance standards. - Section 46b-234 is repealed, effective June 23, 1999. (P.A. 90-213,...
Section 46b-235. - Applicability of sections in relation to any bargaining unit designation, award, settlement, benefit, existing employment practice or classification of any employee. - The provisions of subsection (a) of section 4a-2, subsection (a)...
Section 46b-236. - Family support referees. - (a) Each family support magistrate who ceases or has ceased...
Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Section 46b-301. - Short title. - Sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, may be cited as the...
Section 46b-302. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 46b-303 to 46b-425,...
Section 46b-303. - State tribunal and support enforcement agency. - (a) The Superior Court and the Family Support Magistrate Division...
Section 46b-304. - Remedies cumulative. - (a) Remedies provided by sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, are...
Section 46b-305. - Application of act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. - (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 46b-301...
Section 46b-311. - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. - (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support...
Section 46b-312. - Duration of personal jurisdiction. - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in...
Section 46b-313. - Initiating and responding tribunal of state. - Under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, a tribunal of this...
Section 46b-314. - Simultaneous proceedings. - (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to...
Section 46b-315. - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. - (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...
Section 46b-316. - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. - (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...
Section 46b-317. - Determination of controlling child support order. - (a) If a proceeding is brought under sections 46b-301 to...
Section 46b-318. - Child support orders for two or more obligees. - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...
Section 46b-319. - Credit for payments. - A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for...
Section 46b-320. - Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. - A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a...
Section 46b-321. - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. - (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support...
Section 46b-327. - Proceedings under act. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-301 to 46b-425,...
Section 46b-328. - Proceeding by minor parent. - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...
Section 46b-329. - Application of law of state. - Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive,...
Section 46b-330. - Duties of initiating tribunal. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by sections...
Section 46b-331. - Duties and powers of responding tribunal. - (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a...
Section 46b-332. - Inappropriate tribunal. - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...
Section 46b-333. - Duties of support enforcement agency. - (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request,...
Section 46b-334. - Duty of commissioner and Chief Court Administrator. - (a) If the Commissioner of Social Services determines that the...
Section 46b-335. - Private counsel. - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
Section 46b-336. - Duties of state information agency. - (a) Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court is the...
Section 46b-337. - Pleadings and accompanying documents. - (a) In a proceeding under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive,...
Section 46b-338. - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...
Section 46b-339. - Costs and fees. - (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a...
Section 46b-340. - Limited immunity of petitioner. - (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under sections...
Section 46b-341. - Nonparentage as defense. - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...
Section 46b-342. - Special rules of evidence and procedure. - (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...
Section 46b-343. - Communications between tribunals. - A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal...
Section 46b-344. - Assistance with discovery. - A tribunal of this state may (1) request a tribunal...
Section 46b-345. - Receipt and disbursement of payments. - (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state...
Section 46b-351. - Establishment of support order. - (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under sections...
Section 46b-352. - Proceeding to determine parentage. - A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of...
Section 46b-358. - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...
Section 46b-359. - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. - (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer...
Section 46b-360. - Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders. - If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders...
Section 46b-361. - Immunity from civil liability. - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...
Section 46b-362. - Penalties for noncompliance. - An employer that wilfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...
Section 46b-363. - Contest by obligor. - (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...
Section 46b-364. - Administrative enforcement of orders. - (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...
Section 46b-370. - Registration of order for enforcement. - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...
Section 46b-371. - Procedure to register order for enforcement. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-403, a support...
Section 46b-372. - Effect of registration for enforcement. - (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...
Section 46b-373. - Choice of law. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this...
Section 46b-377. - Notice of registration of order. - (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...
Section 46b-378. - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order. - (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...
Section 46b-379. - Contest of registration or enforcement. - (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...
Section 46b-380. - Confirmed order. - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...
Section 46b-384. - Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification. - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
Section 46b-385. - Effect of registration for modification. - A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support...
Section 46b-386. - Modification of child support order of another state. - (a) If section 46b-388 does not apply, upon petition a...
Section 46b-387. - Recognition of order modified in another state. - If a child support order issued by a tribunal of...
Section 46b-388. - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state. - (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside...
Section 46b-389. - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. - Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support...
Section 46b-393. - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-408, if a...
Section 46b-394. - Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification. - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
Section 46b-398. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 46b-399 to 46b-410,...
Section 46b-399. - Applicability. - Sections 46b-398 to 46b-410, inclusive, apply only to a support...
Section 46b-400. - Relationship of IV-D agency to United States central authority. - The IV-D agency of this state is recognized as the...
Section 46b-401. - Initiation by IV-D agency of support proceeding under Convention. - (a) In a support proceeding under sections 46b-398 to 46b-410,...
Section 46b-402. - Direct request. - (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...
Section 46b-403. - Registration of Convention support order. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-398 to 46b-410,...
Section 46b-404. - Contest of registered Convention support order. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-398 to 46b-410,...
Section 46b-405. - Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 46b-406. - Partial enforcement. - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...
Section 46b-407. - Foreign support agreement. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d)...
Section 46b-408. - Modification of Convention child support order. - (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a...
Section 46b-409. - Personal information; limit on use. - Personal information gathered or transmitted under sections 46b-398 to 46b-410,...
Section 46b-410. - Record in original language; English translation. - A record filed with a tribunal of this state under...
Section 46b-416. - Grounds for rendition. - (a) For purposes of this section and section 46b-417, “governor”...
Section 46b-417. - Conditions of rendition. - (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another...
Section 46b-423. - Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, consideration...
Section 46b-424. - Transitional provision. - Sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, apply to proceedings begun on...
Section 46b-425. - Severability. - If any provision of sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, or...
Chapter 818 - Connecticut Parentage Act
Section 46b-450. - Short title: Connecticut Parentage Act. - Sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive, may be cited as the...
Section 46b-451. - Definitions. - As used in sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive: (1) “Acknowledged...
Section 46b-452. - Scope. - (a) Sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive, apply to a determination...
Section 46b-453. - Applicable law. - The court shall apply the law of this state to...
Section 46b-454. - Authorized court. Exceptions. - (a) Petitions to adjudicate parentage shall be filed in the...
Section 46b-458. - Standing to maintain proceedings. - Subject to the provisions of sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive,...
Section 46b-459. - Notice of proceeding. - (a) Notice of a proceeding to adjudicate parentage shall be...
Section 46b-460. - Personal jurisdiction. - (a) A court may adjudicate a person's parentage of a...
Section 46b-461. - Venue. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) to (d), inclusive,...
Section 46b-462. - Temporary order. - (a) In a proceeding under sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive,...
Section 46b-463. - Child as party. - Except as provided in sections 46b-129, 46b-129a and 46b-172a, a...
Section 46b-464. - Public access to proceedings and documents filed with court. - (a) For proceedings in the Superior Court on family relations...
Section 46b-465. - Dismissal for want of prosecution. - The court may dismiss a proceeding under sections 46b-450 to...
Section 46b-466. - Order adjudicating parentage. - (a) An order adjudicating parentage shall identify the child in...
Section 46b-467. - Court authority to order name of child changed. - On request of a party and for good cause, the...
Section 46b-468. - Binding effect of determination of parentage. - (a) A party to an adjudication of parentage by a...
Section 46b-469. - Adjudicating parentage of child with adjudicated parent. - (a) If a child has an adjudicated parent, a proceeding...
Section 46b-470. - Data privacy. - A proceeding under sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive, is subject...
Section 46b-471. - Establishment of parent-child relationship. - A parent-child relationship is established between a person and a...
Section 46b-472. - No discrimination based on marital status or gender of parent or circumstance of birth of child. - A parent-child relationship extends equally to every child and parent,...
Section 46b-473. - Consequences of establishing parentage. - Unless parental rights are terminated, a parent-child relationship established under...
Section 46b-474. - Application of provisions to parent-child relationship. - To the extent practicable, a provision of sections 46b-450 to...
Section 46b-475. - Adjudicating competing claims of parentage. - (a) Except as provided in public act 21-15*, in a...
Section 46b-476. - Acknowledgement of parentage. - A person who gave birth to a child and an...
Section 46b-477. - Execution of acknowledgment of parentage. - (a) An acknowledgment of parentage under section 46b-476 shall: (1)...
Section 46b-478. - Rules for acknowledgment of parentage. - (a) An acknowledgment of parentage may be signed before or...
Section 46b-479. - Effect of acknowledgment of parentage. - Except as provided in section 46b-483, an acknowledgment of parentage...
Section 46b-480. - No filing fee. - The Department of Public Health may not charge a fee...
Section 46b-481. - Ratification barred. - A court conducting a judicial proceeding or an administrative agency...
Section 46b-482. - Procedure for recission. - (a) A signatory may rescind an acknowledgment of parentage by...
Section 46b-483. - Challenge after expiration period for recission. Procedure for challenge. - (a) After the period for rescission under section 46b-482 expires,...
Section 46b-484. - Full faith and credit. - This state shall give full faith and credit to an...
Section 46b-485. - Forms for acknowledgment of parentage. - (a) The Department of Public Health shall prescribe forms for...
Section 46b-486. - Release of information. - The Department of Public Health may release information relating to...
Section 46b-487. - Adoption of regulations. - The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations in accordance...
Section 46b-488. - Presumption of parentage. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-450 to 46b-553,...
Section 46b-489. - Adjudicating parentage of child with presumed parent. - (a) A proceeding to determine whether a presumed parent is...
Section 46b-490. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Adjudicating claim of de facto parentage of child. - (a) In a proceeding to adjudicate parentage of a person...
Section 46b-491. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Commencement of court proceeding to adjudicate claim of de facto parentage of child. - (a) A proceeding to establish parentage of a child under...
Section 46b-495. - Genetic testing. Definitions. - As used in sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive: (1) “Combined...
Section 46b-496. - Scope and limitations of genetic testing. - (a) Sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive, govern genetic testing of...
Section 46b-497. - Authority to order or deny genetic testing. - (a) Except as provided in sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive,...
Section 46b-498. - Requirements for genetic testing. - (a) Genetic testing shall be of a type reasonably relied...
Section 46b-499. - Report of genetic testing. - (a) A report of genetic testing shall be in a...
Section 46b-500. - Challenge to genetic testing results. - (a) Subject to a challenge under subsection (b) of this...
Section 46b-501. - Cost of genetic testing. - Payment of the cost of initial genetic testing shall be...
Section 46b-502. - Additional genetic testing. - The court or the Office of Child Support Services of...
Section 46b-503. - Adjudicating parentage of child with alleged genetic parent. - (a) If in a proceeding to determine whether an alleged...
Section 46b-504. - Confidentiality of genetic testing. - (a) Release of a report of genetic testing for parentage...
Section 46b-505. - Admissibility of results of genetic testing. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 46b-496,...
Section 46b-509. - Applicability. - Sections 46b-509 to 46b-517, inclusive, do not apply to the...
Section 46b-510. - Parental status of donor. - A donor is not a parent of a child conceived...
Section 46b-511. - Parentage of child of assisted reproduction. - A person who consents under section 46b-512 to assisted reproduction...
Section 46b-512. - Consent to assisted reproduction. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 46b-513. - Limitation on spouse's dispute of parentage. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 46b-514. - Effect of certain legal proceedings regarding marriage. - If a marriage of a person who gives birth to...
Section 46b-515. - Withdrawal of consent. - (a) A person who consents under section 46b-512 to assisted...
Section 46b-516. - Parental status of deceased person. - (a) If a person who intends to be a parent...
Section 46b-517. - Assisted reproduction: Order of parentage. - (a) A party consenting to assisted reproduction, a person who...
Section 46b-521. - Surrogacy agreements. Definitions. - As used in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive: (1) “Genetic...
Section 46b-522. - Eligibility to enter into gestational or genetic agreement. - (a) To execute an agreement to act as a gestational...
Section 46b-523. - Requirements of gestational or surrogacy agreement: Process. - A surrogacy agreement shall be executed in compliance with the...
Section 46b-524. - Requirements of gestational or genetic surrogacy agreement: Content. - (a) A surrogacy agreement shall comply with the following requirements:...
Section 46b-525. - Effect of subsequent change of marital status of surrogate. - Unless a surrogacy agreement expressly otherwise provides: (1) (A) The...
Section 46b-526. - Effect of subsequent change of marital status of intended parent. - Unless a surrogacy agreement expressly otherwise provides: (1) (A) The...
Section 46b-527. - Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. - During the period after the date of execution of a...
Section 46b-528. - Termination of gestational surrogacy agreement. - (a) A party to a gestational surrogacy agreement may terminate...
Section 46b-529. - Parentage under gestational surrogacy agreement. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...
Section 46b-530. - Gestational surrogacy agreement: Parentage of deceased intended parent. - (a) The provisions of section 46b-529 shall apply to an...
Section 46b-531. - Gestatiopnal surrogacy agreement: Judgment of parentage. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 46b-529...
Section 46b-532. - Effect of gestational surrogacy agreement. - (a) A gestational surrogacy agreement that complies with sections 46b-522...
Section 46b-533. - Requirements to validate genetic surrogacy agreement. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-536, a genetic...