Title 46b — Title 46b: Family Law

Sec. 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 Correc…

Sec. 46b-133l. Report of use of chemical agents or prone restraints on detained juveniles. The Commissioner of Correction and the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Department shall report to the Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committ…

Sec. 46b-133m. Independent ombudsperson services provided in facilities that detain juveniles. (a) For purposes of this section, “independent ombudsperson services” includes (1) the receipt of complaints by the ombudsperson from persons detained in juvenile detention centers and …

Sec. 46b-133n. Communication services in juvenile detention facilities. (a) The executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall not use the provision of voice communication service or any other communication service to a child who is detaine…

Sec. 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, subject to policies and procedures approved by the Chief Court Administrator, may permi…

Sec. 46b-133p. Submission of copy of form to detain by law enforcement officer or prosecutorial official. Data compilation and report. (a) Any law enforcement officer or prosecutorial official who sought a court order to detain a child pursuant to subparagraph (C) of subdivision …

Sec. 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 adjudicated as delinquent, an investigation shall be made of the facts…

Sec. 46b-135. (Formerly Sec. 51-316). Right to counsel and cross-examination. (a) At the commencement of any proceeding concerning the alleged delinquency of a child, the child shall have the right to counsel and be so informed by the judge, and that if the child and the parent o…

Sec. 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 before whom such proceeding is pending shall, even in the absence of a request…

Sec. 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 by a child under the age of sixteen to a police officer or Juvenile Court official shall be inadmis…

Sec. 46b-138. (Formerly Sec. 51-319). Summoning of witnesses. Conversation privileged. For the purpose of hearing any juvenile matter, the court may summon witnesses and compel their attendance. The conversations of the judge with a child or youth whose case is before the court s…

Sec. 46b-138a. Testimony of accused juvenile, parent or guardian in juvenile proceeding. In any juvenile proceeding in the Superior Court, the accused child shall be a competent witness, and at his or her option may testify or refuse to testify in such proceedings. The parent or …

Sec. 46b-138b. Statement of victim or victim's representative at delinquency proceeding. In any proceeding concerning the alleged delinquency of a child, any victim of the alleged delinquent conduct, the parents or guardian of such victim, a victim advocate for such victim under …

Sec. 46b-139. (Formerly Sec. 51-320). Expert medical witnesses; interpreter. (a) When any licensed physician or certified or licensed psychologist is summoned to give expert testimony in any juvenile matter, the court shall determine a reasonable fee to be paid to such physician …

Sec. 46b-140. (Formerly Sec. 51-321). Disposition upon adjudication of child as delinquent. (a) In determining the appropriate disposition of a child adjudicated as delinquent, the court shall consider: (1) The child's age and intellectual, cognitive and emotional development; (2…

Sec. 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 or probation supervision with residential placement, after hearing and for g…

Secs. 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. Probation treatment plan. Sections 46b-…

Sec. 46b-141c. Reimbursement of costs of probation supervision. The Judicial Department may require the parent or parents or guardian of any child who receives probation supervision to fully or partially reimburse the department for the costs of such child's supervision and may a…

Sec. 46b-141d. Credit for presentence detention. Any child who is arrested and held in a juvenile residential center, an alternative residential center or a police station or courthouse lockup prior to the disposition of a juvenile matter shall, if subsequently adjudicated as del…

Sec. 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 shall establish districts for the purpose of establishing venue in juvenile matters. All petitions c…

Sec. 46b-143. (Formerly Sec. 51-324). Notice of appeal. The clerk in charge of juvenile matters shall note the time of filing an appeal from a juvenile matter and forthwith forward to the clerk of the Appellate Court a certified copy of the appeal and order made thereon. He shall…

Sec. 46b-144. (Formerly Sec. 51-325). Religious faith. Service of commitment process. In committing a child or youth to a custodial agency, other than such child's or youth's natural guardians, the court shall, as far as practicable, select as such agency some person of like fait…

Sec. 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 regular criminal docket of the Superior Court except as provided in section 46b-127 and subsection (f) of s…

Sec. 46b-146. (Formerly Sec. 51-327). Erasure of police and court records. Whenever any child has been convicted as delinquent, has been adjudicated a member of a family with service needs or has signed a statement of responsibility admitting to having committed a delinquent act,…

Sec. 46b-147. (Formerly Sec. 51-328). Proceedings inadmissible as evidence in criminal proceedings. The disposition of any child under the provisions of this chapter, evidence given in such cases, except evidence of crime which, if committed by a person of sufficient age, would b…

Sec. 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, S. 10; P.A. 17-99, S. 51; P.A. 18-31, S. 43.)

Secs. 46b-148 (Formerly Sec. 51-329) and 46b-149. 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 child from family with…

Sec. 46b-149a. Duties of police officer when child runs away from parent or guardian's home. (a) Any police officer who receives a report from the parent or guardian of a child that such child has run away from his or her parent or guardian's home, shall promptly attempt to locat…

Sec. 46b-149b. Immunity of police officer or municipal official from personal liability. Any police officer or any official of a municipal or community agency, who in the course of such police officer's or official's employment under subsection (d) of section 17a-15 or section 46…

Sec. 46b-149c. Truancy and other family with service needs cases. Duties of Judicial Branch. Section 46b-149c is repealed, effective July 1, 2023. (P.A. 98-183, S. 1; P.A. 23-46, S. 45.)

Sec. 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 J…

Secs. 46b-149e and 46b-149f. Family support centers. Child from family with service needs who violates valid court order or is in imminent risk of physical harm; petition; hearing; order. Sections 46b-149e and 46b-149f are repealed, effective July 1, 2023. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07…

Sec. 46b-150. Emancipation of minor. Procedure. Notice. Attorney General as party. Any minor who has reached such minor's sixteenth birthday and is residing in this state, or any parent or guardian of such minor, may petition the superior court for juvenile matters or the Probate…

Sec. 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 pursuant to section 46b-150, the Superior Court may, if it deems it appropriate, (1) require a pr…

Sec. 46b-150b. Order of emancipation. If the Superior Court or the Probate Court, after hearing, finds that: (1) The minor has entered into a valid marriage, whether or not that marriage has been terminated by dissolution; or (2) the minor is on active duty with any of the armed …

Sec. 46b-150c. Appeal. Any person named in a petition filed pursuant to section 46b-150a who is aggrieved by the order of the Probate Court may appeal to the Superior Court as provided in section 45a-186. Any person named in a petition filed pursuant to section 46b-150a who is ag…

Sec. 46b-150d. Effect of emancipation. An order that a minor is emancipated shall have the following effects: (1) The minor may consent to medical, dental or psychiatric care, without parental consent, knowledge or liability; (2) the minor may enter into a binding contract; (3) t…

Sec. 46b-150e. Emancipation under common law. Nothing in sections 46b-150 to 46b-150e, inclusive, shall affect the status of minors who are or may become emancipated under the common law of this state. (P.A. 79-397, S. 6.) The court saw no reason to distinguish between statutory …

Secs. 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, 2012. (P.A. 00-177…

Sec. 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 shall continue in the superior court for juvenile matters unless (1) a motion to withdraw is filed in the Probate Court wi…

Secs. 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 state. Enforcement of compact. Addi…

Sec. 46b-151h. Interstate Compact for Juveniles. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I PURPOSE The compacting states to this In…

Sec. 46b-151i. Chief Court Administrator as administrator of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles. The Chief Court Administrator, or his or her designee, shall act as administrator of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles under section 46b-151h. (P.A. 18-31, S. 9.) History: P.A. 1…

Secs. 46b-152 to 46b-159. Reserved for future use. Note: Chapters 815u to 815x are also reserved for future use.