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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 - Sections 46b-121i and 46b-121j are repealed, effective July 1, 2018....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 - Section 46b-121l is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.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 - Section 46b-121m is repealed, effective July 1, 2009.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...