Connecticut Law About Parentage

Connecticut Law About Parentage
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Research Guides and Information

Connecticut General Statutes

Research guides prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

Parentage Actions in Connecticut (pdf)

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

Inheritance Rights of Posthumously Conceived Children in Other States - 2012-R-0319
You asked for a survey of laws in other states authorizing intestate succession rights of posthumously conceived children.
Paternity Acknowledgement on Birth Certificates - 2005-R-0270
You asked for a legislative history of PA 04-255, particularly the provisions affecting how a post-birth court order or acknowledgement of paternity is recorded on a birth certificate.

Department of Social Services and Department of Public Health:

Acknowledge Parentage for Your Child...And for You! Q & A for Parents - English

Acknowledge Parentage for Your Child...And for You! Q & A for Parents - Spanish

Infoline eLibrary:

DSS-Assisted Child Support Enforcement Subsidized Testing

Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut:

A Father's Rights

FSM Decisions

Family Support Magistrate Decisions - (Case Law - Written Decisions of the Family Support Magistrates)

Recent Case Law

Recent Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court Family Law Opinions
(Law Libraries' NewsLog)

Selected statutes:

Chapter 818. Connecticut Parentage Act

Sec. 46b-458. Standing to maintain proceedings.
Sec. 46b-472. No discrimination based on marital status or gender of parent or circumstance of birth.
Sec. 46b-475. Adjudicating competing claims of parentage.
Sec. 46b-476. Acknowledgement of parentage
Sec. 46b-477. Execution of acknowledgment of parentage.
Sec. 46b-478. Rules for acknowledgment of parentage.
Sec. 46b-535. Parentage under validated genetic surrogacy agreement.
Sec. 46b-571. 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 parent. (2024 Supplement)

Chapter 815j. Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment

Sec. 46b-45a. Allegation of pregnancy in pleadings. Disagreement as to parentage. Hearing.

Sec. 46b-61. Orders re children where parents live separately. Filing of accompanying documents.

Selected Court Rules:

Chapter 25 - Procedures in Family Matters

Sec. 25-68 - Right to Counsel in State Initiated Paternity Actions

Chapter 25a - Family Support Magistrate Matters

Sec. 25a-17 - Motion to Open Judgment of Paternity by Acknowledgment

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