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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...