Title 46b — Title 46b: Family Law

Sec. 46b-301. Short title. Sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. (P.A. 15-71, S. 1.) History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.

Sec. 46b-302. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 46b-303 to 46b-425, inclusive: (1) “Child” means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be th…

Sec. 46b-303. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. (a) The Superior Court and the Family Support Magistrate Division of the Superior Court are the tribunals of this state. (b) The Office of Child Support Services within the Department of Social Services and Support Enfo…

Sec. 46b-304. Remedies cumulative. (a) Remedies provided by sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (b) Sections 46b-301 to 46b-425,…

Sec. 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 to 46b-394, inclusive, and, as applicable, sections 46b-398 to 46b-410, inclusive, to a support proceeding involving (1) a for…

Secs. 46b-306 to 46b-310. Reserved for future use. PART II JURISDICTION

Sec. 46b-311. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conse…

Sec. 46b-312. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has conti…

Sec. 46b-313. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. Under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in an…

Sec. 46b-314. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if (1) the petition or comparable plead…

Sec. 46b-315. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if …

Sec. 46b-316. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce (1) the order if th…

Sec. 46b-317. Determination of controlling child support order. (a) If a proceeding is brought under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized. (b) If a proceeding is …

Sec. 46b-318. Child support orders for two or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was iss…

Sec. 46b-319. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribun…

Sec. 46b-320. Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, under other law of this state relating to a support order, …

Sec. 46b-321. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence…

Secs. 46b-322 to 46b-326. Reserved for future use. PART III CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERALAPPLICATION

Sec. 46b-327. Proceedings under act. (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, sections 46b-327 to 46b-345, inclusive, apply to all proceedings under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive. (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement ag…

Sec. 46b-328. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child. (P.A. 15-71, S. 18.) History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.

Sec. 46b-329. Application of law of state. Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, a responding tribunal of this state shall (1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may …

Sec. 46b-330. Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents (1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate suppor…

Sec. 46b-331. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection (b) of section 46b-327, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be fil…

Sec. 46b-332. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitione…

Sec. 46b-333. Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive. (b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing …

Sec. 46b-334. Duty of commissioner and Chief Court Administrator. (a) If the Commissioner of Social Services determines that the Office of Child Support Services is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, or if the Chief Court Administrator determines that Su…

Sec. 46b-335. Private counsel. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive. (P.A. 15-71, S. 25.) History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.

Sec. 46b-336. Duties of state information agency. (a) Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court is the state information agency under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive. (b) The state information agency shall (1) compile and maintain a current list, including address…

Sec. 46b-337. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or …

Sec. 46b-338. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information mus…

Sec. 46b-339. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs and necessary travel and oth…

Sec. 46b-340. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does…

Sec. 46b-341. Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive. (P.A. 15-71, S. 31.) History: P.A. 15-71 effective …

Sec. 46b-342. Special rules of evidence and procedure. (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determinin…

Sec. 46b-343. Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree or order of t…

Sec. 46b-344. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this state may (1) request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this…

Sec. 46b-345. Receipt and disbursement of payments. (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribuna…

Secs. 46b-346 to 46b-350. Reserved for future use. PART IV ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER ORDETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

Sec. 46b-351. Establishment of support order. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if (1) the ind…

Sec. 46b-352. Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, or a law or procedure …

Secs. 46b-353 to 46b-357. Reserved for future use. PART V ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUTREGISTRATION

Sec. 46b-358. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer under section 52-36…

Sec. 46b-359. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issue…

Sec. 46b-360. Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders. If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with t…

Sec. 46b-361. Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with sections 46b-358 to 46b-364, inclusive, is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's wi…

Sec. 46b-362. Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that wilfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of …

Sec. 46b-363. Contest by obligor. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that ord…

Sec. 46b-364. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order t…

Secs. 46b-365 to 46b-369. Reserved for future use. PART VI REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATIONOF SUPPORT ORDER (A) REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT OFSUPPORT ORDER

Sec. 46b-370. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement. (P.A. 15-71, S. 45.) History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.