Title 46b, Title 46b: Family Law

Sec. 46b-517. Assisted reproduction: Order of parentage. (a) A party consenting to assisted reproduction, a person who is a parent pursuant to sections 46b-511 to 46b-513, inclusive, an intended parent or parents or the person giving birth may commence a proceeding to obtain an o…

Secs. 46b-518 to 46b-520. Reserved for future use. (E) SURROGACY AGREEMENTS

Sec. 46b-521. Surrogacy agreements. Definitions. As used in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive: (1) “Genetic surrogate” means a person who is not an intended parent and who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using that person's own gamete, under a genetic…

Sec. 46b-522. Eligibility to enter into gestational or genetic agreement. (a) To execute an agreement to act as a gestational or genetic surrogate, a person shall: (1) Have attained twenty-one years of age; (2) Have previously given birth to at least one child; (3) Complete a med…

Sec. 46b-523. Requirements of gestational or surrogacy agreement: Process. A surrogacy agreement shall be executed in compliance with the following rules: (1) Not less than one party shall be a resident of this state. (2) The person acting as surrogate and each intended parent sh…

Sec. 46b-524. Requirements of gestational or genetic surrogacy agreement: Content. (a) A surrogacy agreement shall comply with the following requirements: (1) A person acting as surrogate agrees to attempt to become pregnant by means of assisted reproduction. (2) Except as provid…

Sec. 46b-525. Effect of subsequent change of marital status of surrogate. Unless a surrogacy agreement expressly otherwise provides: (1) (A) The marriage of a person acting as surrogate after the surrogacy agreement is signed by all parties shall not affect the validity of the su…

Sec. 46b-526. Effect of subsequent change of marital status of intended parent. Unless a surrogacy agreement expressly otherwise provides: (1) (A) The marriage of an intended parent after the agreement is signed by all parties shall not affect the validity of a surrogacy agreemen…

Sec. 46b-527. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction. During the period after the date of execution of a surrogacy agreement until the occurrence of the earlier of the date of termination of a surrogacy agreement pursuant to the agreement terms, or ninety days after the date of birth…

Sec. 46b-528. Termination of gestational surrogacy agreement. (a) A party to a gestational surrogacy agreement may terminate such agreement, at any time before an embryo transfer, by giving notice of termination in a record to all other parties. If an embryo transfer shall not re…

Sec. 46b-529. Parentage under gestational surrogacy agreement. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, subsection (b) of section 46b-530 or section 46b-532, upon birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a gestational surrogacy agreement, each in…

Sec. 46b-530. Gestational surrogacy agreement: Parentage of deceased intended parent. (a) The provisions of section 46b-529 shall apply to an intended parent even if the intended parent died during the period between the transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of the resulti…

Sec. 46b-531. Gestational surrogacy agreement: Judgment of parentage. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 46b-529 or section 46b-532, a party to a gestational surrogacy agreement may initiate a proceeding for a judgment of parentage of a child conceived pursuant t…

Sec. 46b-532. Effect of gestational surrogacy agreement. (a) A gestational surrogacy agreement that complies with sections 46b-522 to 46b-524, inclusive, is enforceable. (b) If a child was conceived by assisted reproduction under a gestational surrogacy agreement that shall not c…

Sec. 46b-533. Requirements to validate genetic surrogacy agreement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-536, a genetic surrogacy agreement shall be validated by a Probate Court. A proceeding to validate the agreement shall be commenced before the assisted reproduction…

Sec. 46b-534. Termination of genetic surrogacy agreement. (a) A party to a genetic surrogacy agreement may terminate the agreement as follows: (1) An intended parent or person acting as genetic surrogate who is a party to the agreement may terminate the agreement at any time befo…

Sec. 46b-535. Parentage under validated genetic surrogacy agreement. (a) Upon birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a genetic surrogacy agreement validated under section 46b-533 or 46b-536, each intended parent is, by operation of law, a parent of the resultin…

Sec. 46b-536. Effect of nonvalidated genetic surrogacy agreement. (a) A genetic surrogacy agreement, whether or not in a record, that is not validated under section 46b-533 is enforceable only to the extent provided in this section and section 46b-538. (b) If all parties agree, a…

Sec. 46b-537. Genetic surrogacy agreement: Parentage of deceased intended parent. (a) Except as provided in section 46b-535 or 46b-536, upon birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a genetic surrogacy agreement, each intended parent is, by operation of law, a pa…

Sec. 46b-538. Breach of genetic surrogacy agreement. (a) Subject to subsection (b) of section 46b-534, if a genetic surrogacy agreement is breached by a person acting as genetic surrogate or one or more intended parents, the nonbreaching party is entitled to the remedies availabl…

Secs. 46b-539 to 46b-541. Reserved for future use. (F) INFORMATION ABOUT DONOR

Sec. 46b-542. Information about donor. Definitions. As used in sections 46b-542 to 46b-547, inclusive: (1) “Identifying information” means: (A) The full name of a donor; (B) the date of birth of the donor; and (C) the permanent and, if different, current address of the donor at t…

Sec. 46b-543. Application of provisions re collection of gametes. (a) The provisions of sections 46b-542 to 46b-547, inclusive, apply only to gametes collected on or after January 1, 2022. (b) The provisions of this section do not apply to gametes collected from a donor whose ide…

Sec. 46b-544. Collection of information by gamete bank or fertility clinic. (a) A gamete bank or fertility clinic operating in this state shall collect from a donor the donor's identifying information and medical history at the time of the donation. (b) A gamete bank or fertility…

Sec. 46b-545. Declaration regarding identity disclosure. (a) A gamete bank or fertility clinic operating in this state that collects gametes from a donor shall: (1) Provide the donor with information in a record about the donor's choice regarding identity disclosure; and (2) obta…

Sec. 46b-546. Disclosure of identifying information and medical history. (a) On request of a child conceived by assisted reproduction who attains eighteen years of age, a gamete bank or fertility clinic operating in this state that collected the gametes used in the assisted repro…

Sec. 46b-547. Recordkeeping. (a) A gamete bank or fertility clinic operating in this state that collects gametes for use in assisted reproduction shall maintain identifying information and medical history about each gamete donor. The gamete bank or fertility clinic shall maintain…

Secs. 46b-548 to 46b-550. Reserved for future use. (G) APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISIONS

Sec. 46b-551. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing the provisions of sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. …

Sec. 46b-552. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. Sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive, modify, limit or supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit or supersede 15 USC…

Sec. 46b-553. Transitional provision. Sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive, apply to a proceeding in which no judgment has entered before January 1, 2022, with respect to a person's parentage that has not already been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or determin…

Secs. 46b-554 to 46b-559. Reserved for future use. PART II MISCELLANEOUS PARENTAGE-RELATED PROVISIONS

Sec. 46b-560. (Formerly Sec. 46b-160). 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. Genetic tests. Default judgment, when. (…

Sec. 46b-561. (Formerly Sec. 46b-161). Procedure brought prior to birth of child. In the case of any such petition brought prior to the birth of the child, no final trial on the issue of the alleged parent's parentage shall be had, except as to hearing on probable cause, until af…

Sec. 46b-562. (Formerly Sec. 46b-162). Action by state or town. The state or any town interested in the support of a child born to parents not married to each other may, if the parent who gave birth neglects to bring a petition, institute such proceedings against the alleged pare…

Sec. 46b-563. (Formerly Sec. 46b-163). Action not defeated by stillbirth or other premature termination of pregnancy. No provision of section 46b-560 or 46b-561 shall be construed to defeat any action commenced thereunder because of stillbirths or other premature termination of t…

Sec. 46b-564. (Formerly Sec. 46b-165). Testimony of parent or alleged parent. In parentage proceedings concerning a child for whom parentage is sought, a parent or alleged parent shall not be prosecuted for any criminal act about which (1) the parent or alleged parent testifies i…

Sec. 46b-565. (Formerly Sec. 46b-168). Assessment of costs for genetic tests. The costs of genetic tests carried out pursuant to the Connecticut Parentage Act shall be chargeable against the party making the motion for genetic tests, provided if the court finds that such party is…

Sec. 46b-566. (Formerly Sec. 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 (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231, in which the parentage of a child is at issue, or in any case in which a supp…

Sec. 46b-567. (Formerly Sec. 46b-169). Compelling disclosure of name of alleged genetic parent. Institution of action. (a) If the birth parent of any child born to parents unmarried to each other, fails or refuses to disclose the name of the alleged genetic parent of such child u…

Sec. 46b-568. (Formerly Sec. 46b-170). Withdrawal of petition. Agreement of settlement. No petition under section 46b-560 shall be withdrawn except upon approval of a judge or in IV-D support cases as defined in subsection (b) of section 46b-231 and petitions brought under sectio…

Sec. 46b-569. (Formerly Sec. 46b-171). 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 of the child, the court or family support magistrate shall order the defen…

Sec. 46b-570. (Formerly Sec. 46b-172). Agreement to support; judgment. Proceeding to obtain order of support. (a)(1) An agreement to support the child by payment of a periodic sum until the child attains the age of eighteen years or as otherwise provided in this subsection, toget…

Sec. 46b-571. (Formerly Sec. 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 genetic pa…

Sec. 46b-572. (Formerly Sec. 46b-174). Enforcement and modification of prior orders and agreements. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce and modify all paternity orders and paternity support agreements issued by or filed with the Court of Common Pleas or Circuit …

Sec. 46b-573. (Formerly Sec. 46b-176). Continued liability of person committed for failure to comply with order. No person committed to a community correctional center for failure to comply with an order of the court as provided in sections 46b-560, 46b-562 and 46b-569, or any of…