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CT Gen Stat § 45a-745. (Formerly Sec. 45a-68a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-745. (Formerly Sec. 45a-68a) - Adoption record.

 (a) For each final decree of adoption decreed by a court of probate, the clerk of the court shall prepare a record on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Health. The record shall include all facts necessary to locate and identify the original birth certificate of the adopted person and to establish the new birth certificate of the adopted person, and shall include official notice from the court of the adoption, including identification of the court action and proceedings.(b) Each petitioner for adoption, the attorney for the petitioner and each social or welfare agency or other person concerned with the adoption shall supply the clerk with information which is necessary to complete the adoption record. The supplying of the information shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of a final adoption decree by the court.(c) Not later than the fifteenth day of each calendar month, the clerk of the Court of Probate shall forward to the Department of Public Health the record provided for in subsection (a) of this section for all final adoption decrees issued during the preceding month.(d) When the Department of Public Health receives a record of adoption for a person born outside the state, the record shall be forwarded to the proper registration authority of the place of birth.(e) The Department of Public Health, upon receipt of a record of adoption for a person born in this state, shall establish a new certificate of birth in the manner prescribed in section 7-53, except that no new certificate of birth shall be established if the court decreeing the adoption, the adoptive parents or the adopted person, if over fourteen years of age, so requests.(1957, P.A. 298, S. 1; P.A. 76-12; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-476, S. 159; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-130, S. 23.)History: Sec. 45-64 transferred to Sec. 45-68a in 1975; P.A. 76-12 deleted former Subsec. (d) requiring adopting parents to pay court of probate $1.00 for each record prepared and forwarded to health department and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions and substituted “birth certificate” for “certificate of birth”; Sec. 45-68a transferred to Sec. 45a-745 in 1991; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-130 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) by deleting “fact of” before “adoption”.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-747. (Formerly Sec. 45-68f) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-747. (Formerly Sec. 45-68f) - Information regarding adoption completed before October 1, 1977.

 For any adoption completed before October 1, 1977, information in section 45a-746, if available, shall be given in writing to the adoptive parent or parents of an adopted person upon their written request to the child-placing agency, department, court of probate or superior court which has the information. Any such request shall be accompanied by a statement made by such adopted person under oath authorizing such disclosure.(P.A. 77-246, S. 4; 77-604, S. 78, 84; P.A. 80-476, S. 162; P.A. 87-555, S. 5; P.A. 96-130, S. 25.)History: P.A. 77-604 made technical correction; P.A. 80-476 substituted superior court for juvenile court and changed wording slightly; P.A. 87-555 added “of a minor adopted person or the adoptive parent or parents of an adult adopted person” and added proviso that request be accompanied by statement of adopted person under oath authorizing disclosure; Sec. 45-68f transferred to Sec. 45a-747 in 1991; P.A. 96-130 made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-748. (Formerly Sec. 45-68g) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-748. (Formerly Sec. 45-68g) - Agency or department to make effort to obtain information.

 Each child-placing agency or the department shall be required to make a reasonable effort to obtain the information provided for in section 45a-746 for each child being placed for adoption or for whom there is a probability of adoption, but the lack of such information shall not be a bar to the granting of a decree of adoption, provided the child-placing agency or department has made a reasonable effort to obtain the information. If the judge of probate decides that a reasonable effort has not been made to obtain the information or that the information is being unreasonably withheld, the judge may order the child-placing agency or department to make a reasonable effort to obtain the information or to release the information. Any child-placing agency or department aggrieved by the order may appeal to the Superior Court.(P.A. 77-246, S. 5; P.A. 80-476, S. 163; P.A. 87-555, S. 6; P.A. 96-130, S. 26.)History: P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions; P.A. 87-555 deleted provision re appeal to adoption records review board and substituted provision re appeal to superior court; Sec. 45-68g transferred to Sec. 45a-748 in 1991; P.A. 96-130 inserted “child-placing” before “agency”.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-749. (Formerly Sec. 45-68h) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-749. (Formerly Sec. 45-68h) - Request for information.

 A person entitled to nonidentifying information under subsection (c) of section 45a-746 may request the information provided in said section by applying in person or in writing to the child-placing agency in this state or the department which has the information. Such information shall not be released unless the child-placing agency or department is satisfied as to the identity of the person requesting information under the provisions of this section. For the purposes of this section, any records at the Court of Probate or the Superior Court or the Department of Public Health shall be available to an authorized representative of the child-placing agency or department to which the request has been made. Such information may be released in writing or in person.(P.A. 77-246, S. 6; 77-604, S. 58, 79, 84; P.A. 78-151; P.A. 80-476, S. 164; P.A. 87-555, S. 7; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-130, S. 27.)History: P.A. 77-604 substituted Sec. 17-70 for Sec. 17-170 and made other technical changes in Subsec. (d); P.A. 78-151 added reference to approval of agencies by National Conference of Catholic Charities in Subsec. (b); P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions and substituted superior court for juvenile court where appearing; P.A. 87-555 deleted former provisions of section and added new provision re request for and access to information; Sec. 45-68h transferred to Sec. 45a-749 in 1991; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-130 substituted “a person entitled to nonidentifying information under subsection (c) of section 45a-746” for former introductory phrase and inserted “child-placing” before “agency”.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-751a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-751a - Conditions re release of information. Counseling.

 (a) If the authorized applicant is a resident of this state and it appears that counseling is advisable with release of the information, the child-placing agency or department may request that such person appear for an interview.(b) If the authorized applicant is not a resident of Connecticut and it appears that counseling is advisable with release of the information, the child-placing agency or department may refer the person to an out-of-state child-placing agency or appropriate governmental agency or department, approved by the department or accredited by the Child Welfare League of America, the National Conference of Catholic Charities, the Family Services Association of America or the Council on Accreditation of Services of Families and Children.(c) If an out-of-state referral is made, the information shall be released to the out-of-state child-placing agency or department for release to the authorized applicant, provided such information shall not be released if such child-placing agency or department determines that release of the requested information would be seriously disruptive to or endanger the physical or emotional health of the adult adopted or adoptable person or the person whose identity is being requested and provided such information shall not be released unless the consents required by subsection (b) of section 45a-751b are given and the out-of-state child-placing agency or department is satisfied as to the identity of the person.(P.A. 96-130, S. 30.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-751c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-751c - Order directing issuance of uncertified copy of original birth certificate.

 (a) On the petition of an adopted person who is eighteen years of age or older and whose adoption was finalized prior to October 1, 1983, or such adopted person's adult child or grandchild, the Probate Court or the Superior Court that finalized an adoption or appointed a guardian ad litem in accordance with section 45a-753 shall issue an order directing the Department of Public Health to issue an uncertified copy of an original birth certificate to such adopted person or such adopted person's child or grandchild in accordance with subsection (b) of section 7-53, provided each birth parent named on the original birth certificate: (1) Consents to the release of identifying information in accordance with sections 45a-751 to 45a-751b, inclusive; (2) is deceased; or (3) a legal representative or guardian ad litem consents to the release of identifying information on behalf of the birth parent in accordance with section 45a-753. Nothing in this section shall limit the right of an adopted person eighteen years of age or older whose adoption was finalized on or after October 1, 1983, or such adopted person's adult child or grandchild to obtain an uncertified copy of an original birth certificate pursuant to section 7-53.(b) On the petition of an authorized applicant, as defined in section 45a-743, the Probate Court or the Superior Court that finalized an adoption or appointed a guardian ad litem in accordance with section 45a-753 shall issue an order directing the Department of Public Health to issue an uncertified copy of an original birth certificate to the authorized applicant in accordance with subsection (b) of section 7-53, provided the person named in the certificate of birth is deceased and each birth parent named on the original birth certificate: (1) Consents to the release of identifying information, in accordance with sections 45a-751 to 45a-751b, inclusive; (2) is deceased; or (3) a legal representative or guardian ad litem consents to the release of identifying information on behalf of the birth parent, in accordance with section 45a-753.(P.A. 14-133, S. 10.)History: P.A. 14-133 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-752. (Formerly Sec. 45-68k) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-752. (Formerly Sec. 45-68k) - Appeal to Probate Court. Advisory panel. Report. Hearing. Decision.

 Section 45a-762 is repealed, effective June 30, 2017.(P.A. 77-246, S. 8; P.A. 80-476, S. 167; P.A. 87-555, S. 10; P.A. 96-130, S. 32; P.A. 17-136, S. 23.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-756. (Formerly Sec. 45-68p) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-756. (Formerly Sec. 45-68p) - Agreement to release identifying information. Notification. Fee.

 If there is a match of consents whereby the registrants agree to the releasing of identifying information to each other, in accordance with section 45a-755, the child-placing agency or department shall notify each registrant of the name, address and other identifying information as provided by the other registrant. The child-placing agency or department may charge a fee to cover the cost of maintaining the registry and the release of any identifying information.(P.A. 87-555, S. 14; P.A. 96-130, S. 36.)History: Sec. 45-68p transferred to Sec. 45a-756 in 1991; P.A. 96-130 added “child-placing” before “agency” and after “agency” added “or department”.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-757. (Formerly Sec. 45-68n) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-757. (Formerly Sec. 45-68n) - Records maintained on a permanent basis.

 Records kept or information received by courts of probate, Superior Court, the department, the Department of Public Health, agencies and the registrars of vital statistics, which contain or may contain information necessary to comply with the provisions of sections 45a-743 to 45a-757, inclusive, shall be maintained on a permanent basis.(P.A. 77-246, S. 13; 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-476, S. 170; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-476 deleted reference to records of juvenile court; Sec. 45-68n transferred to Sec. 45a-757 in 1991; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-763. (Formerly Sec. 45-69c) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-763. (Formerly Sec. 45-69c) - Adoption Review Board established.

 (a) An Adoption Review Board is established, to consist of the Commissioner of Children and Families or his designee, the Probate Court Administrator or his designee, and an officer of a child-placing agency which is located in the state and licensed by the Commissioner of Children and Families, who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve for a term of four years from the date of his appointment.(b) Each designee or officer shall be a person who is familiar with and experienced in adoption procedures, policies and practices.(c) The members of the board shall select a chairman from among their membership who shall serve for a term of two years from his election or until his successor is elected.(d) The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services as such.(P.A. 75-163, S. 1; P.A. 80-476, S. 171; P.A. 81-472, S. 80, 159; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)History: P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and rephrased provisions; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; Sec. 45-69c transferred to Sec. 45a-763 in 1991; 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.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-764. (Formerly Sec. 45-69d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-764. (Formerly Sec. 45-69d) - Powers of Adoption Review Board. Notice and hearing.

 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 45a-727, the Adoption Review Board may, upon application, notice and hearing as hereinafter provided, for cause shown that it is in the best interests of the minor child, waive the requirement that the minor child be placed by the Commissioner of Children and Families or a child-placing agency.(b) Any judge of probate who has had presented to him an application for adoption which may not proceed because the child has not been so placed may apply in writing to the Adoption Review Board for a waiver of such requirement.(c) Upon receipt of the application, the chairman of the board shall set a time and place for a hearing and cause notice to be sent by registered or certified mail to the judge of probate and to all parties entitled to notice in the adoption proceeding.(d) The hearing shall be held not less than ten days nor more than thirty days after the receipt of the application. The parties entitled to notice shall be given notice at least ten days prior to the hearing.(e) Any party to the adoption proceedings shall have the right to present such evidence as is deemed necessary and relevant to the board. After hearing the evidence the board may deny the application or approve the application in which case the chairman shall notify the court of probate that the adoption may proceed and that the requirement of placement by the Commissioner of Children and Families or a child-placing agency is waived.(f) If the court of probate thereafter grants the adoption application, there shall be included in the decree a finding that the placement requirements of section 45a-727 have been waived by the Adoption Review Board.(g) No such waiver may be granted if the board determines that the adoption proceeding would violate the public policy of the state against the obtaining of children by illegal means for adoption purposes.(P.A. 75-163, S. 2; P.A. 80-476, S. 172; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)History: P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and made minor changes in wording; Sec. 45-69d transferred to Sec. 45a-764 in 1991; 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.Section does not give board authority to consider an application for waiver of placement requirement if underlying adoption application is not supported by a statutory parent adoption agreement. 247 C. 474.Cited. 45 CS 33.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-765. (Formerly Sec. 45-69e) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803 - Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption|Section 45a-765. (Formerly Sec. 45-69e) - Records to be confidential.

 All proceedings, documents, correspondence and findings by the board shall be returned to the probate court initiating the application and shall be confidential as required by section 45a-754.(P.A. 75-163, S. 3; P.A. 80-476, S. 173; P.A. 11-128, S. 9.)History: P.A. 80-476 replaced reference to Sec. 45-66 with reference to Sec. 45-68m, reflecting transfer of section; Sec. 45a-69e transferred to Sec. 45a-765 in 1991; P.A. 11-128 deleted “and placed in sealed envelopes” re proceedings, documents, correspondence and findings.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-771. (Formerly Sec. 45-69f) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803a - Children Conceived Through Artificial Insemination. Children of Decedent Conceived and Born After Death of Decedent|Section 45a-771. (Formerly Sec. 45-69f) - Child born as a result of artificial insemination legitimate.

 (a) It is declared that the public policy of this state has been an adherence to the doctrine that every child born to a married woman during wedlock is legitimate.(b) Sections 45a-771 to 45a-779, inclusive, shall be construed as a codification and clarification of such doctrine with respect to any child conceived as a result of heterologous artificial insemination.(P.A. 75-233, S. 1; P.A. 76-279, S. 1; P.A. 80-476, S. 174.)History: P.A. 76-279 substituted “clarification” for “extension”; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs.; Sec. 45-69f transferred to Sec. 45a-771 in 1991.Annotation to former section 45-69f:Cited. 34 CS 187.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-771a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803a - Children Conceived Through Artificial Insemination. Children of Decedent Conceived and Born After Death of Decedent|Section 45a-771a - Definitions.

 For the purposes of sections 45a-771 to 45a-779, inclusive:(1) “Artificial insemination” means a medical procedure in which the fertilization of a human egg is assisted through artificial means and includes, but is not limited to, intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization; and(2) “Artificial insemination with donor sperm or eggs” or “A.I.D.” means artificial insemination with the use of donated sperm or eggs from an identified or anonymous donor.(P.A. 07-93, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 45a-772. (Formerly Sec. 45-69g) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803a - Children Conceived Through Artificial Insemination. Children of Decedent Conceived and Born After Death of Decedent|Section 45a-772. (Formerly Sec. 45-69g) - A.I.D. Who may perform. Consent required.

 (a) A.I.D. may be performed in this state only by persons certified to practice medicine in this state pursuant to chapter 370.(b) A.I.D. shall not be performed unless the physician receives in writing the request and consent of the husband and wife desiring the utilization of A.I.D. for the purpose of conceiving a child or children.(P.A. 75-233, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-476, S. 175; P.A. 07-93, S. 2.)History: P.A. 80-476 made minor changes in wording but no substantive change; Sec. 45-69g transferred to Sec. 45a-772 in 1991; P.A. 07-93 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “A.I.D.” for “The technique known as heterologous artificial insemination, or artificial insemination with the semen of a donor, referred to in sections 45a-771 to 45a-779, inclusive, as A.I.D.”.
CT Gen Stat § 45a-773. (Formerly Sec. 45-69h) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure|Chapter 803a - Children Conceived Through Artificial Insemination. Children of Decedent Conceived and Born After Death of Decedent|Section 45a-773. (Formerly Sec. 45-69h) - Request and consent to be filed in Probate Court. Confidentiality.

 (a) Whenever a child is born who was conceived by the use of A.I.D., a copy of the request and consent required under subsection (b) of section 45a-772, together with a statement of the physician who performed the A.I.D., that to the best of his knowledge the child was conceived by the use of A.I.D., shall be filed with the judge of probate in the district in which the child was born or in which the child resides.(b) The information contained in such statement may be disclosed only to the persons executing the consent. No other person shall have access to the information except upon order of the Probate Court for cause shown.(P.A. 75-233, S. 4; P.A. 76-435, S. 8, 82; P.A. 80-476, S. 176.)History: P.A. 76-435 made technical change; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and made minor changes in wording; Sec. 45-69h transferred to Sec. 45a-773 in 1991.