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CT Gen Stat § 46b-132. (Formerly Sec. 51-313) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 46b-132. (Formerly Sec. 51-313) - Temporary detention places.

 Where accommodations for the temporary detention of children in state-operated detention homes are unavailable, the Chief Court Administrator or his designee shall arrange with some agency or person for the use of suitable accommodations to serve as a temporary detention place as may be required. The court may allow such agency or person reasonable compensation for the expenses and services incident to such detention. The Chief Court Administrator or his designee may employ any other suitable method or arrangement for detention. Each child while detained as herein provided shall be under the orders, direction and supervision of the court.(1949 Rev., S. 2809; 1955, S. 1577d; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 21, 681.)History: P.A. 76-436 transferred powers formerly held by juvenile court district judges to chief court administrator or his designee, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 17-64 temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-313 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-132 in 1979.Annotation to former section 17-64:Cited. 26 CS 316.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-132a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 46b-132a - Medical care of children in detention centers.

 When deemed in the best interests of a child placed in a juvenile detention center, the administrator of such detention center may authorize, under policies promulgated by the Chief Court Administrator, such medical assessment and treatment and dentistry as is necessary to ensure the continued good health or life of the child. The administrator of the detention center shall make reasonable efforts to inform the child's parents or guardian prior to taking such action, and in all cases shall send notice to the parents or guardian by letter to their last-known address informing them of the actions taken and of the outcome, provided failure to notify shall not affect the validity of the authorization.(P.A. 98-256, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 46b-133a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 46b-133a - Right to trial or dismissal upon nolle prosequi of delinquency charge. Erasure of records.

 (a) A nolle prosequi may not be entered as to any count of delinquency if the child objects to the nolle prosequi and demands either a trial or dismissal, except with respect to prosecutions in which a nolle prosequi is entered upon a representation to the court by the prosecutorial official that a material witness has died, disappeared or become disabled or that material evidence has disappeared or has been destroyed and that a further investigation is therefore necessary.(b) Whenever a nolle prosequi has been entered as to any count of delinquency, or whenever any count of delinquency has been dismissed without prejudice, if at least thirteen months have elapsed since such nolle or dismissal without prejudice, all police and court records pertaining to such count shall be erased. Whenever any such count has been continued at the request of the prosecutorial official and a period of thirteen months has elapsed since the granting of such continuance during which period there has been no prosecution or other disposition of the matter, the count shall be construed to have been nolled as of the date of termination of such thirteen-month period and such erasure may thereafter be effected as provided in this subsection for nolled cases.(P.A. 84-369, S. 2; P.A. 95-225, S. 16; P.A. 98-256, S. 5; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 123; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 80.)History: P.A. 95-225 replaced “court advocate” with “juvenile prosecutor”; P.A. 98-256 replaced “charge” with “count” where appearing; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 replaced “juvenile prosecutor” with “prosecutorial official”, effective October 5, 2009; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “child” for “juvenile”.Cited. 21 CA 654.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-133g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 46b-133g - Detention risk screening instrument.

 (a) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Department shall develop and implement a detention risk screening instrument to be used to determine, based on the risk level, whether there is: (1) Probable cause to believe that a child will pose a risk to public safety if released to the community prior to the court hearing or disposition, or (2) a need to hold the child in order to ensure the child's appearance before the court or compliance with the court process, as demonstrated by the child's previous failure to respond to the court process. Such instrument shall be used when assessing whether a child should be detained pursuant to section 46b-133. Any detention risk screening shall be subject to the protections of subsection (k) of section 46b-124.(b) When a child is presented before the court and it appears from the available facts there is probable cause to believe the child has violated a valid court order, the court, after administering the detention risk screening instrument, may order the child to participate in nonresidential programs for intensive wraparound services, community-based residential services for short-term respite or other services and interventions the court deems appropriate.(P.A. 16-147, S. 2; P.A. 17-99, S. 41; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 149; P.A. 18-31, S. 34.)History: P.A. 16-147 effective June 10, 2016; P.A. 17-99 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “subsection (l) of section 46b-124” with “subsection (k) of section 46b-124”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced “detention screening” with “detention risk screening” in Subsec. (a), effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-31 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or compliance with the court process” in Subdiv. (2) and replacing “detention risk assessment” with “detention risk screening”, effective July 1, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-133h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 46b-133h - Parameters for releasing child from detention.

 Not later than January 1, 2017, the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Department shall adopt policies and procedures setting out the parameters under which Court Support Services Division staff may release a child from detention pursuant to subsection (f) of section 46b-133. The division may update such parameters at such times as the division deems necessary.(P.A. 16-147, S. 3.)History: P.A. 16-147 effective June 10, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-133l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 46b-133l - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2020.) Report of use of chemical agents or prone restraints on detained juveniles.

 Not later than August 1, 2020, and monthly thereafter, 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 Committee established pursuant to section 46b-121n each instance, if any, of use of chemical agents or prone restraints on any person ages seventeen years of age or younger detained in any facility operated or overseen by said commissioner or executive director.(P.A. 19-187, S. 4.)History: P.A. 19-187 effective July 1, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-133m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 46b-133m - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2020.) 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 correctional facilities where persons ages seventeen years and under are detained and the parent or guardian of any such person regarding decisions, actions and omissions, policies, procedures, rules and regulations of the center or facility, (2) touring each such center or facility, (3) investigating such complaints, rendering a decision on the merits of each complaint and communicating the decision to the complainant, (4) recommending to the head of the agency that operates or oversees such center or facility a resolution of any complaint found to have merit, and (5) recommending policy revisions to the head of such center or facility.(b) The Commissioner of Correction and the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Department shall ensure that independent ombudsperson services are provided and available at any juvenile detention center or correctional facility where persons ages seventeen years and under are detained that any such agency operates or oversees.(P.A. 19-187, S. 7.)History: P.A. 19-187 effective July 1, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-138. (Formerly Sec. 51-319) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 shall be privileged.(1949 Rev., S. 2812; P.A. 75-602, S. 8, 13; P.A. 76-436, S. 25, 681; P.A. 78-379, S. 11, 27.)History: P.A. 75-602 specified that conversations of judge and youth are privileged as well as conversations between judge and child; P.A. 76-436 referred to judges “hearing a juvenile matter” rather than to judges of juvenile court, reflecting transfer of juvenile court duties to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-379 deleted provisions which had empowered judge to exclude from hearing persons whose presence is not necessary and which had prohibited use of room regularly used for criminal matters; Sec. 17-67 temporarily transferred to Sec. 51-319 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-138 in 1979.Annotations to former section 17-67:Cited. 135 C. 516; 158 C. 439.Cited. 26 CS 316.Annotations to present section:Cited. 2 CA 132.Cited. 41 CS 505.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-138a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 guardian of such child shall be a competent witness but may elect or refuse to testify for or against the accused child except that a parent or guardian who has received personal violence from the child may, upon the child's trial for offenses arising from such personal violence, be compelled to testify in the same manner as any other witness. No unfavorable inferences shall be drawn by the court from the accused child's silence.(P.A. 79-263.)Section explicitly provides that an accused child, as well as his parent or guardian, may refuse to testify in a delinquency proceeding, and that no adverse inference may be drawn against the accused child. 268 C. 614.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-138b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 section 54-220, or such victim's counsel shall have the right to appear before the court for the purpose of making a statement to the court concerning the disposition of the case.(P.A. 89-273, S. 11; P.A. 95-225, S. 21; P.A. 10-43, S. 32.)History: P.A. 95-225 authorized the victim's advocate and the victim's counsel to appear before the court and deleted the provision that the appearance by the victim or the victim's representative shall be “outside the presence of the alleged delinquent child”; P.A. 10-43 replaced “an advocate for such victim, appointed under section 54-221” with “a victim advocate for such victim under section 54-220”.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-139. (Formerly Sec. 51-320) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 or psychologist in lieu of all other witness fees payable to such physician or psychologist.(b) Any judge of the Superior Court hearing a juvenile matter may call in a competent interpreter to interpret the evidence in any such hearing and each interpreter so necessarily employed shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Judicial Department.(1969, P.A. 794, S. 15; P.A. 76-436, S. 26, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 25, 65.)History: P.A. 76-436 deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re recompense for town, city or borough policemen summoned to testify in proceedings and re fees for other witnesses, redesignating former Subsec. (d) accordingly, and revised remaining provisions to reflect transfer of juvenile court powers to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-576 replaced provision re fifteen-dollar fee for interpreters or other fee determined by judge to be reasonable in exceptional cases with statement that interpreter is to be paid from judicial department appropriations, omitting any reference to amount of fee; Sec. 17-67a temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-320 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-139 in 1979.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-141c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 assess such person a monthly supervision fee for such purpose. If the department finds that the parents or guardian are indigent and unable to pay a probation supervision fee, it shall waive such fee.(P.A. 95-225, S. 46.)
CT Gen Stat § 46b-141d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 46b-141d - Credit for presentence detention.

 Any child who is arrested and held in a detention center, an alternative detention center or a police station or courthouse lockup prior to the disposition of a juvenile matter shall, if subsequently adjudicated as delinquent by the Superior Court and sentenced to a period of probation supervision or probation supervision with residential placement, earn a reduction of such child's period of probation supervision or probation supervision with residential placement, including any extensions thereof, equal to the number of days that such child spent in such detention center or lockup.(P.A. 04-234, S. 24; P.A. 18-31, S. 38.)History: P.A. 04-234 effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 18-31 replaced “convicted” with “adjudicated” and added “supervision or probation supervision with residential placement”, effective July 1, 2018.The plain language of section does not provide credit for predisposition detention when a juvenile offender is ordered committed to a period of confinement. 136 CA 373.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-143. (Formerly Sec. 51-324) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 also send a copy by registered or certified mail to the Commissioner of Social Services or to the Commissioner of Children and Families, to the petitioner upon whose application the proceedings in the Superior Court were instituted, unless he is the appellant, to any person or agency having custody of any child or youth who is a subject of the proceeding, and to all other interested persons as designated in the appeal; and if the addresses of any such persons do not appear in the appeal, he shall call the matter to the attention of a judge of the Superior Court who shall make such an order of notice as he deems advisable.(1959, P.A. 531, S. 15; P.A. 74-251, S. 16; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-602, S. 11, 13; P.A. 76-436, S. 28, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 37, 82; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87.)History: P.A. 74-251 authorized welfare commissioner's designee to receive copy of appeal; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 75-602 required that appeal copy be sent to person or agency having custody of a “youth” who is the subject of proceedings and authorized sending appeal copy to commissioner of children and youth services after April 1, 1975; P.A. 76-436 revised section to reflect transfer of juvenile court powers to superior court, thus requiring appeals to supreme, rather than superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; Sec. 17-70a temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-324 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-143 in 1979; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted reference to supreme court and substituted appellate court in lieu thereof; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993.Annotations to former section 17-70a:Cited. 158 C. 439; 165 C. 435.Annotation to present section:Does not confer standing to take an appeal; clear purpose is to give notice of appeal already taken by a “party at interest”. 181 C. 292.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-144. (Formerly Sec. 51-325) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 faith to that of the parent or parents of the child or youth or some agency or institution governed by persons of such faith, unless such agency or institution is a state or municipal agency or institution. In the order of committal, the court shall designate some indifferent person to serve the commitment process, and such indifferent person may be accompanied by any suitable relative or friend of such child or youth. If the person designated to serve such commitment process is an officer, such officer shall not serve such commitment process while dressed in the uniform of any police officer, and no such officer shall, while serving any such commitment process, wear plainly displayed any police officer's badge.(1949 Rev., S. 2816; P.A. 75-602, S. 12, 13; P.A. 00-99, S. 91, 154; P.A. 01-195, S. 39, 181.)History: P.A. 75-602 added references to youths; Sec. 17-71 temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-325 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-144 in 1979; P.A. 00-99 deleted references to sheriffs, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 11, 2001.Annotation to former section 17-71:Cited. 132 C. 202.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-145. (Formerly Sec. 51-326) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 section 46b-133c.(1949 Rev., S. 2817; P.A. 76-436, S. 29, 681; P.A. 95-225, S. 26.)History: P.A. 76-436 replaced juvenile court with superior court and added exception, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 17-72 temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-326 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-145 in 1979, and references to other sections within provisions revised as necessary by the Revisors to reflect their transfer; P.A. 95-225 limited provisions to prosecutions before the “regular criminal docket” of the Superior Court, deleted provision that prohibited the adjudication of a child as delinquent being deemed a conviction of a crime, deleted reference to Sec. 46b-126, reflecting repeal of said section by same public act, and added exception for a prosecution as provided in Subsec. (f) of Sec. 46b-133c.Annotations to former section 17-72:Cited. 115 C. 592; 154 C. 644, 648; 156 C. 632.Juvenile court commitment is not a criminal prosecution but is a civil inquiry. 19 CS 374.Annotations to present section:Cited. 195 C. 303; 206 C. 323; Id., 346; 210 C. 435; 211 C. 151; 229 C. 691.Cited. 46 CA 545.Cited. 43 CS 367.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-147. (Formerly Sec. 51-328) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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 be punishable by imprisonment in the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, and all orders therein, shall be inadmissible as evidence in any criminal proceedings against such child.(1949 Rev., S. 2818.)History: Sec. 17-73 temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-328 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-147 in 1979.Annotation to former section 17-73:Cited. 115 C. 592.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-147a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 815t - Juvenile Matters|Section 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.)