Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 803 · 56 active provisions
The provisions of sections 45a-706 to 45a-709, inclusive, 45a-715 to 45a-718, inclusive, 45a-724 to 45a-734, inclusive, 45a-736, 45a-737 and 52-231a shall be liberally construed in the best interests of any child for whom a petition has been filed under said sections.
(a) As used in this section, (1) “Indian child” has the same meaning as provided in section 46b-116a. (b) In any action or proceeding under this chapter involving an Indian child's custody, including preadoptive placement, adoptive placement or termination of the parental rights of the parents of such child, the Probat…
As used in sections 45a-187, 45a-706 to 45a-709, inclusive, 45a-715 to 45a-718, inclusive, and 45a-724 to 45a-737, inclusive: (1) “Adoption” means the establishment by court order of the legal relationship of parent and child; (2) “Child care facility” means a congregate residential setting for the out-of-home placemen…
(a) When, with respect to any petition for termination of parental rights filed under section 17a-112, section 45a-715 or section 45a-716, it appears that either parent of the child is a minor or incompetent, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for such parent. The guardian ad litem shall be an attorney-at-law…
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of sections 17a-112, 17a-113, 17a-148, 45a-187, 45a-606, 45a-607, 45a-706 to 45a-708, inclusive, 45a-715 to 45a-718, inclusive, 45a-724, 45a-727, 45a-732 to 45a-734, inclusive, and 52-231a, to the contrary, any adoption completed after October 1, 1973, in which the application and agre…
(a) Any of the following persons may petition the Probate Court to terminate parental rights of all persons who may have parental rights regarding any minor child or for the termination of parental rights of only one parent provided the application so states: (1) Either or both parents, including a parent who is a mino…
(a) Upon receipt of a petition for termination of parental rights, the Probate Court, or the Superior Court on a case transferred to it from the Probate Court in accordance with the provisions of subsection (g) of section 45a-715, shall set a time and place for hearing the petition. The time for hearing shall be not mo…
(a) At the hearing held on any petition for the termination of parental rights filed in the Probate Court under section 45a-715, or filed in the Superior Court under section 17a-112, or transferred to the Superior Court from the Probate Court under section 45a-715, any party to whom notice was given shall have the righ…
(a) If a child is free for adoption as provided in section 45a-725, and no appointment of a statutory parent has been made under section 17a-112 or section 45a-717, the Probate Court shall appoint a statutory parent for the child upon petition for appointment of a statutory parent by the guardian of the person of the c…
The court may grant a motion to open or set aside a judgment terminating parental rights pursuant to section 52-212 or 52-212a or pursuant to common law or may grant a petition for a new trial on the issue of the termination of parental rights, provided the court shall consider the best interest of the child, except th…
(a) The following persons may give a child in adoption: (1) A statutory parent appointed under the provisions of section 17a-112, section 45a-717 or section 45a-718 may, by written agreement, subject to the approval of the Court of Probate as provided in section 45a-727, give in adoption to any adult person any minor c…
Upon the termination of parental rights by the court pursuant to section 17a-112 or 45a-717, the court, at the request of the Commissioner of Children and Families as statutory parent, may order any child-placing agency to place the child for adoption.
A minor child shall be considered free for adoption and the Court of Probate may grant an application for the appointment of a statutory parent if any of the following have occurred: (a) The child has no living parents; (b) all parental rights have been terminated under Connecticut law; (c) (1) in the case of any child…
(a) If the Commissioner of Children and Families or a child-placing agency is appointed as statutory parent for any child free for adoption, the commissioner or such agency shall not refuse to place or delay placement of such child with any prospective adoptive parent solely on the basis of a difference in race, color…
Section 45a-726a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
The recruitment of minority families may not be a reason to delay placement of a child with an available family of a race or ethnicity different from that of the child.
(a) Wherever the words “adopting parent” are used in the following general statutes, “adoptive parent” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 45a-727, 45a-736 and 45a-746. (b) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying said sections of the general statutes pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, make…
(a)(1) Except as provided in section 46b-129b, each adoption matter shall be instituted by filing an application in a Probate Court, together with the written agreement of adoption. (2) The application shall incorporate a declaration that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the declarant there is no other procee…
The General Assembly finds that: (1) The best interests of a child are promoted by having persons in the child's life who manifest a deep concern for the child's growth and development; (2) The best interests of a child are promoted when a child has as many persons loving and caring for the child as possible; and (3) T…
Section 45a-727b is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 concerning adoption placement of children who have been identified or located by prospective adoptive parents. Such regulations shall provide that for adoptions involving an identified expectant mother, counseling of the bir…
Prospective adoptive parents may participate in the labor and birth of the child identified for adoption and may visit with such newborn child, provided the birth mother, the child-placing agency and her physician agree and such participation and visitation are consistent with the medically necessary procedures of the…
Any licensed hospital discharging a newborn infant identified for adoption to a child-placing agency shall arrange for the physical transfer of custody of such infant to take place in a safe, secure and private room on the hospital premises. The prospective adoptive parents may be present at the discharge with the appr…
With respect to adoption placement of children who have been identified or located by prospective adoptive parents, payment for the living expenses of the birth mother by the prospective adoptive parents shall be permitted in an amount not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars or such amount as may be approved in…
Any birth parent may advertise through any public media in this state for the placement of his or her child for the purposes of identified adoption. Any prospective adoptive parent may advertise through any public media in this state for placement of a child into his or her care for the purposes of identified adoption.