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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-24a. - Validation of marriages occurring in town other than town where license issued.

All marriages celebrated before June 6, 2014, otherwise valid except that the license for any such marriage was issued in a town other than the town in this state in which such marriage was celebrated, or where either party to the marriage resided at the time of the marriage license application, are validated.
(P.A. 79-298, S. 1; P.A. 82-166, S. 3, 4; P.A. 89-151, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-12, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-87, S. 2, 3; P.A. 95-6, S. 2, 3; P.A. 97-10, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-20, S. 2, 3; P.A. 01-4, S. 2, 3; P.A. 02-71, S. 4; P.A. 03-238, S. 2; P.A. 06-195, S. 19; P.A. 14-146, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 82-166 extended validation to marriages celebrated before May 17, 1982; P.A. 89-151 extended validation to marriages celebrated before June 1, 1989; P.A. 91-12 changed “June 1, 1989” to “March 28, 1991”; P.A. 93-87 changed applicable date from March 26, 1991, to June 2, 1993, effective June 2, 1993; P.A. 95-6 changed applicable date from June 2, 1993, to April 13, 1995, effective April 13, 1995; P.A. 97-10 changed applicable date from April 13, 1995, to April 18, 1997, effective April 18, 1997; P.A. 99-20 changed applicable date from April 18, 1997, to May 12, 1999, effective May 12, 1999; P.A. 01-4 changed applicable date from May 12, 1999, to April 27, 2001, effective April 27, 2001; P.A. 02-71 changed applicable date from “before April 27, 2001,” to “on and after April 27, 2001, and before June 3, 2002,” effective June 3, 2002; P.A. 03-238 changed applicable date from “on and after April 27, 2001, and before June 3, 2002,” to “before July 9, 2003,” and specified that the town in which such marriage was celebrated be “in this state”, effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 06-195 changed applicable date from July 9, 2003, to June 7, 2006, and extended validation to towns where either party resided at time of marriage license application, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 14-146 changed applicable date from June 7, 2006, to June 6, 2014, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-25. (Formerly Sec. 46-5b). - Application for license.

No license may be issued by the registrar until both persons have appeared before the registrar and made application for a license. The registrar shall issue a license to any two persons eligible to marry under this chapter. The license shall be completed in its entirety, dated, signed and sworn to by each applicant and shall state each applicant's name, age, birthplace, residence, whether single, widowed or divorced and whether under the supervision or control of a conservator or guardian. The Social Security numbers of both persons shall be recorded in the “administrative purposes” section of the license. If the license is signed and sworn to by the applicants on different dates, the later date shall be deemed the date of application.
(1967, P.A. 313, S. 2; P.A. 78-230, S. 6, 54; P.A. 96-3; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7, S. 16, 38; P.A. 01-163, S. 34; P.A. 04-255, S. 26; P.A. 09-13, S. 5; P.A. 12-197, S. 2; P.A. 21-173, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 78-230 restated provisions; Sec. 46b-5b transferred to Sec. 46b-25 in 1979 and internal section reference revised to reflect its transfer; P.A. 96-3 substituted “race” for “color”; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7 required that Social Security numbers be stated on application for marriage license, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 01-163 revised requirements re Social Security numbers, deleted requirement for applicant's occupation, deleted provisions re public examination and filing of applications and made technical changes; P.A. 04-255 added requirement that license be completed in its entirety; P.A. 09-13 added provision requiring registrar to issue license to any 2 persons eligible to marry under this chapter and replaced “the bride and groom” with “both persons”, effective April 23, 2009; P.A. 12-197 amended provision re date of application signed by applicants on different dates by replacing “earlier date” with “later date”; P.A. 21-173 deleted “race”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-26 and 46b-27. (Formerly Secs. 46-5c and 46-5d). - Test for venereal disease and rubella prerequisite. Issuance of license.

Sections 46b-26 and 46b-27 are repealed, effective October 1, 2003.
(1967, P.A. 313, S. 3, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-165, S. 2, 5; 78-230, S. 7, 8, 52, 54; P.A. 79-30; P.A. 93-279, S. 14; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-19, S. 9; P.A. 03-19, S. 103; 03-188, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-28. (Formerly Sec. 46-6). - Validity of marriages celebrated in a foreign country.

All marriages in which one or both parties are citizens of this state, celebrated in a foreign country, shall be valid, provided: (1) Each party would have legal capacity to contract such marriage in this state and the marriage is celebrated in conformity with the law of that country; or (2) the marriage is celebrated, in the presence of the ambassador or minister to that country from the United States or in the presence of a consular officer of the United States accredited to such country, at a place within his consular jurisdiction, by any ordained or licensed clergyman engaged in the work of the ministry in any state of the United States or in any foreign country.
(1949 Rev., S. 7303; February, 1965, P.A. 94; P.A. 78-230, S. 14, 54.)
History: 1965 act deleted requirements that license certificate must be obtained from registrar in town of residence of one or both parties to marriage for foreign marriage to be valid and that certificate must be returned to the registrar and provision imposing $100 fine for failure to do so; P.A. 78-230 restated provisions; Sec. 46-6 transferred to Sec. 46b-28 in 1979.
Annotation to former section 46-6:
The marriage of a niece and her uncle in Italy, though valid there and contracted without intent to evade the law of this state, held not valid in this state. 148 C. 288.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 213 C. 637.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-28a. - Recognition of marriages and other relationships entered into in another state or jurisdiction.

A marriage, or a relationship that provides substantially the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as a marriage, between two persons entered into in another state or jurisdiction and recognized as valid by such other state or jurisdiction shall be recognized as a valid marriage in this state, provided such marriage or relationship is not expressly prohibited by statute in this state. For purposes of this section, “another jurisdiction” includes, but is not limited to, the Mashantucket Pequot reservation and the Mohegan reservation. The requirements set forth in section 46b-24 shall not apply to a person entering into a marriage on either of said reservations.
(P.A. 09-13, S. 1; P.A. 16-66, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 09-13 effective April 23, 2009; P.A. 16-66 defined “another jurisdiction” and added provision re application of requirements set forth in Sec. 46b-24, effective May 27, 2016.
Trial court had jurisdiction to dissolve marriage presided in New York by person impersonating a rabbi, because New York legislature validated such marriages, and therefore marriage was not expressly prohibited by statute in this state including Sec. 46b-22 which is limited to marriages performed in this state; section is in accord with full faith and credit clause of U.S. Constitution. 322 C. 166.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-28b. - Recognition by another state or jurisdiction of marriages entered into in this state.

A marriage between two persons entered into in this state and recognized as valid in this state may be recognized as a marriage, or a relationship that provides substantially the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as a marriage, in another state or jurisdiction if one or both persons travel to or reside in such other state or jurisdiction.
(P.A. 09-13, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 09-13 effective April 23, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-28c. - Prior divorce in another state or country. Validity of marriage in this state.

No marriage shall be presumed to be invalid or bigamous because a prior divorce of one of the parties that was entered legally in another state or country does not meet the jurisdictional requirements of the law of this state.
(P.A. 15-214, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 15-214 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-28d. - Recognition of marriages entered into at Mashantucket Pequot reservation or Mohegan reservation.

All marriages celebrated before May 27, 2016, under a tribal marriage license at the Mashantucket Pequot reservation or Mohegan reservation are recognized as a valid marriage in this state, provided the marriage is recognized under the laws of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation or the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and not otherwise expressly prohibited by statute in this state.
(P.A. 16-66, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 16-66 effective May 27, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-29. (Formerly Sec. 46-5e). - Marriage of persons under conservatorship.

(a) No marriage license may be issued to any applicant under the supervision or control of a conservator, appointed in accordance with sections 45a-644 to 45a-662, inclusive, unless the written consent of the conservator, signed and acknowledged before a person authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances under the provisions of section 47-5a, or authorized to take acknowledgments in any other state or country, is filed with the registrar.
(b) Any person married without the consent provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall acquire no rights by such marriage in the property of any person who was under such control or supervision at the time of the marriage.
(1967, P.A. 313, S. 5; P.A. 77-14; P.A. 78-230, S. 9, 54; P.A. 86-323, S. 13; P.A. 00-196, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 77-14 prohibited issuance of license to applicants having guardians without written consent of the guardian and added specific references to Chs. 779 and 779a; P.A. 78-230 divided section into Subsecs. and rephrased provisions; Sec. 46-5e transferred to Sec. 46b-29 in 1979; P.A. 86-323 deleted reference to guardians appointed in accordance with chapter 779a; P.A. 00-196 corrected an internal reference in Subsec. (a).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-30. (Formerly Sec. 46-5f). - Marriage of minors.

Section 46b-30 is repealed, effective October 1, 2017.
(1967, P.A. 313, S. 6; P.A. 78-230, S. 10, 54; P.A. 17-54, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-31. (Formerly Sec. 46-5h). - Marriage of person whose last previous marriage was terminated by divorce or dissolution.

Section 46b-31 is repealed.
(1967, P.A. 313, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 400; P.A. 73-373, S. 29; P.A. 78-230, S. 11, 54; P.A. 79-298, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-32. (Formerly Sec. 46-5i). - Failure to make license available; penalty.

Section 46b-32 is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(1967, P.A. 313, S. 9; P.A. 78-230, S. 12, 54; P.A. 03-188, S. 4; P.A. 04-255, S. 29.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-33. (Formerly Sec. 46-5j). - Copy of law to applicants.

Each registrar shall issue a copy of sections 46b-24, 46b-25 and 46b-29 to 46b-33, inclusive, to any person making application for a license.
(1967, P.A. 313, S. 10; P.A. 78-230, S. 13, 54; P.A. 03-188, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 78-230 made minor changes in wording but no substantive changes; Sec. 46-5j transferred to Sec. 46b-33 in 1979 and internal section references revised as necessary to reflect transfer of those sections; P.A. 03-188 deleted reference to repealed Secs. 46b-26 and 46b-27 and added reference to Sec. 46b-25.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-34. (Formerly Sec. 46-7). - Marriage certificate. Affidavit in lieu of certificate.

(a) Each person who joins any person in marriage shall certify upon the license certificate the fact, time and place of the marriage, and return it to the registrar of the town where the marriage took place, before or during the first week of the month following the marriage. Any person who fails to do so shall be fined not more than ten dollars.
(b) If any person fails to return the certificate to the registrar, as required under subsection (a) of this section, the persons joined in marriage may provide the registrar with a notarized affidavit attesting to the fact that they were joined in marriage and stating the date and place of the marriage. Upon the recording of such affidavit by the registrar, the marriage of the affiants shall be deemed to be valid as of the date of the marriage stated in the affidavit.
(1949 Rev., S. 7304; P.A. 78-230, S. 15, 54; P.A. 02-71, S. 5; P.A. 04-255, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 78-230 restated provisions but made no substantive changes; Sec. 46-7 transferred to Sec. 46b-34 in 1979; P.A. 02-71 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re use of affidavit where certificate not returned to registrar, effective June 3, 2002; P.A. 04-255 amended Subsec. (a) to require that certificate be returned to town where marriage took place, rather than to town of issuance.
Annotations to former section 46-7:
A certificate of marriage is an original document and need not be authenticated as a copy. 52 C. 526; 57 C. 537; 61 C. 507. When proof depends on validity of form of certificate, same rule prevails in civil and criminal proceedings. Id., 509. Use of abbreviation not fatal to validity of certificate. Id., 507. Signature on marriage certificate not tantamount to solemnization. 163 C. 588.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-35. (Formerly Sec. 46-8). - Certificates prima facie evidence.

The certificates required by sections 46b-24, 46b-24a, 46b-25 and 46b-29 to 46b-34, inclusive, or an affidavit recorded pursuant to subsection (b) of section 46b-34, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in them.
(1949 Rev., S. 7305; 1967, P.A. 313, S. 12; P.A. 78-230, S. 16, 54; P.A. 02-71, S. 6; P.A. 04-257, S. 73.)
History: 1967 act updated internal section references; P.A. 78-230 made minor change in wording; Sec. 46-8 transferred to Sec. 46b-35 in 1979 and internal references revised as necessary to reflect transfer of those sections; P.A. 02-71 added reference to Sec. 46b-34(b), effective June 3, 2002; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change, effective June 14, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-35a. - Refusal to provide services or accommodations related to the solemnization or celebration of a marriage on religious grounds.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society, shall not be required to provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges to an individual if the request for such services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges is related to the solemnization of a marriage or celebration of a marriage and such solemnization or celebration is in violation of their religious beliefs and faith. Any refusal to provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges in accordance with this section shall not create any civil claim or cause of action, or result in any state action to penalize or withhold benefits from such religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society.
(P.A. 09-13, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 09-13 effective April 23, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-35b. - Effect of marriage equality law on provision of adoption, foster care or social services by religious organization.

Nothing in public act 09-13* shall be deemed or construed to affect the manner in which a religious organization may provide adoption, foster care or social services if such religious organization does not receive state or federal funds for that specific program or purpose.
(P.A. 09-13, S. 19.)
*Note: Public act 09-13 is entitled “An Act Implementing the Guarantee of Equal Protection Under the Constitution of the State for Same Sex Couples”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2009” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: P.A. 09-13 effective April 23, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36a. - Short title: Connecticut Premarital Agreement Act.

Sections 46b-36a to 46b-36j, inclusive, may be cited as the Connecticut Premarital Agreement Act.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 9, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to any premarital agreement executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36b. - Definitions.

As used in sections 46b-36a to 46b-36j, inclusive:
(1) “Premarital agreement” means an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage.
(2) “Property” means an interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or contingent, in real or personal property, tangible or intangible, including income and debt.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 1, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36c. - Form of premarital agreement.

A premarital agreement shall be in writing and signed by both parties. It shall be enforceable without consideration.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 2, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36d. - Content of premarital agreement.

(a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to:
(1) The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located;
(2) The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property;
(3) The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;
(4) The modification or elimination of spousal support;
(5) The making of a will, trust or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;
(6) The ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life insurance policy;
(7) The right of either party as a participant or participant's spouse under a retirement plan;
(8) The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and
(9) Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations.
(b) No provision made under subdivisions (1) to (9), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section may be in violation of public policy or of a statute imposing a criminal penalty.
(c) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by a premarital agreement. Any provision relating to the care, custody and visitation or other provisions affecting a child shall be subject to judicial review and modification.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 3, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36e. - Effect of marriage on premarital agreement.

A premarital agreement becomes effective upon marriage unless otherwise provided in the agreement.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 4, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36f. - Amendment or revocation of premarital agreement after marriage.

After marriage, a premarital agreement may be amended or revoked only by a written agreement signed by the parties. The amended agreement or the revocation shall be enforceable without consideration.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 5, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36g. - Enforcement of premarital agreement.

(a) A premarital agreement or amendment shall not be enforceable if the party against whom enforcement is sought proves that:
(1) Such party did not execute the agreement voluntarily; or
(2) The agreement was unconscionable when it was executed or when enforcement is sought; or
(3) Before execution of the agreement, such party was not provided a fair and reasonable disclosure of the amount, character and value of property, financial obligations and income of the other party; or
(4) Such party was not afforded a reasonable opportunity to consult with independent counsel.
(b) If a provision of a premarital agreement modifies or eliminates spousal support and such modification or elimination causes one party to the agreement to be eligible for support under a program of public assistance at the time of separation or marital dissolution, a court, notwithstanding the terms of the agreement, may require the other party to provide support to the extent necessary to avoid such eligibility.
(c) An issue of unconscionability of a premarital agreement shall be decided by the court as a matter of law.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 6, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
Connecticut Premarital Agreement Act endorses, clarifies and codifies McHugh standards and does not require attachment to the agreement of written financial disclosures, signatures of both parties if signed by party seeking to invalidate the contract, and delivery of the agreement to each signing party. 48 CS 502.
Subsec. (a):
Presentation of draft of prenuptial agreement 1 week before wedding is not sufficient to show lack of opportunity of adequate financial disclosure by defendant, where defendant informed plaintiff 2 months before the wedding that defendant wanted a prenuptial agreement; demonstration of reasonable opportunity to consult with legal counsel under section only requires opportunity for consultation, consistent with interpretation of identical statutory language. 281 C. 166.
Prenuptial agreement that disclosed approximate property holdings and other financial obligations but failed to provide sufficient income information was unenforceable under Subsec.; “fair and reasonable disclosure” need not be exact but must at least provide a general approximation of amount, character and value of property, financial obligations and income. 132 CA 609.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36h. - Enforcement of premarital agreement when marriage void.

If the marriage is held void or voidable, an agreement that would otherwise have been a premarital agreement shall be enforceable only to the extent necessary to avoid an inequitable result.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 7, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36i. - Statute of limitations re claims under premarital agreement.

Any statute of limitations applicable to an action asserting a claim for relief under a premarital agreement is tolled during the marriage of the parties to the agreement, except that equitable defenses limiting the time for enforcement, including laches and estoppel, shall be available to either party.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 8, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-36j. - Premarital agreements made prior to October 1, 1995, not affected.

Nothing in sections 46b-36a to 46b-36j, inclusive, shall be deemed to affect the validity of any premarital agreement made prior to October 1, 1995.
(P.A. 95-170, S. 10, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-170 effective October 1, 1995, and applicable to premarital agreements executed on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-38. - Relief from physical abuse by spouse. Application. Court orders. Duration. Copy. Other remedies.

Section 46b-38 is repealed.
(P.A. 77-336, S. 1; P.A. 78-230, S. 51, 54; P.A. 81-272, S. 1; 81-472, S. 149, 159; P.A. 83-319; P.A. 86-337, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-38d. - Family violence offense report by peace officer. Compilation of statistics by Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Report to Governor and General Assembly.

(a) A peace officer who responds to a family violence incident shall complete a family violence offense report, whether or not an arrest occurs.
(b) Each police department, including resident troopers and constables, shall report all family violence incidents where an arrest occurs to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, who shall compile statistics of family violence crimes and cause them to be published annually in the Connecticut Uniform Crime Reports. An offense shall be counted for each incident reported to the police. A zero shall be reported if no incidents have occurred during the reporting periods.
(c) For the purpose of establishing accurate data on the extent and severity of family violence in the state and on the degree of compliance with the requirements of sections 46b-38a to 46b-38f, inclusive, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall prescribe a form for making family violence offense reports. The form shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Name of the parties; (2) relationship of the parties; (3) sex of the parties; (4) date of birth of the parties; (5) time and date of the incident; (6) whether children were involved or whether the alleged act of family violence was committed in the presence of children; (7) type and extent of the alleged abuse; (8) existence of substance abuse; (9) number and types of weapons involved; (10) existence of any prior court orders; (11) any other data that may be necessary for a complete analysis of all circumstances leading to the arrest.
(d) A copy of the family violence offense report shall be forwarded to the state's attorney for the appropriate judicial district in cases where an arrest has been made.
(e) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall tabulate and compile data from the family violence offense reports and report such compilation annually for the five years following October 1, 1986, to the Governor and the General Assembly.
(f) Any person required to report under the provisions of this section who fails to make such report shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 86-337, S. 4; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-38f. - Statistical summary of family violence cases maintained by Court Support Services Division. Reports.

(a) The Court Support Services Division shall maintain a statistical summary of all family violence cases referred to the family violence intervention units. Such summary shall include, but not be limited to, the number of family violence cases referred, the nature of the cases and the charges and dispositions.
(b) The statistical summary reports prepared by the Court Support Services Division shall be submitted to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection on a monthly basis. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall compile and report annually for a period of five years to the Governor and the General Assembly the tabulated data of family violence crime reports.
(P.A. 86-337, S. 8; P.A. 02-132, S. 15; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 02-132 replaced “Family Division” with “Court Support Services Division”; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-38g. - Programs for children impacted by domestic violence.

The Chief Court Administrator shall, within available appropriations, establish programs for children impacted by domestic violence.
(P.A. 93-280, S. 1.)
See Sec. 54-216 re restitution services for victims of domestic violence and their families and children who witness domestic violence.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-38h. - Designation of conviction of certain crimes as involving family violence for purposes of criminal history record information.

If any person is convicted of a violation of section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or section 53a-59, 53a-59a, 53a-59c, 53a-60, 53a-60a, 53a-60b, 53a-60c, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-64, 53a-64aa, 53a-64bb, 53a-64cc, 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70c, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b, 53a-181, 53a-181c, 53a-181d, 53a-181e, 53a-182, 53a-182b, 53a-183, 53a-223, 53a-223a or 53a-223b, against a family or household member, as defined in section 46b-38a, the court shall include a designation that such conviction involved family violence on the court record for the purposes of criminal history record information, as defined in subsection (a) of section 54-142g.
(P.A. 99-186, S. 1; P.A. 03-202, S. 6; P.A. 12-114, S. 7; P.A. 14-234, S. 1; P.A. 19-189, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 03-202 added reference to Sec. 53a-223b and made a technical change; P.A. 12-114 added references to Secs. 53a-59c, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-64, 53a-64aa, 53a-64bb, 53a-64cc, 53a-70c, 53a-182, 53a-182b and 53a-183, substituted “family violence” for “domestic violence” and made a conforming change; P.A. 14-234 added reference to Sec. 53a-181; P.A. 19-189 replaced “53a-70b” with “section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019” and made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-38i. - Judicial Department training for staff re family violence issues and law. Methods to reduce geographic disparities.

(a) The Judicial Department shall provide training to Judicial Department staff, including court personnel, within available appropriations, on family violence issues and law, including, but not limited to, issues and law related to family violence in immigrant communities. Such training shall address arrest policies and eligibility for federal T Visas for victims of human trafficking and federal U Visas for unauthorized immigrants who are victims of family violence and other crimes.
(b) The Judicial Department shall, on an ongoing basis, within available appropriations, study and implement methods to reduce disparities in the disposition of family violence cases among geographic areas.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 66.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 effective July 1, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-38k. - Unlawful disclosure of confidential location of an emergency shelter operated by domestic violence agency. Class A misdemeanor.

Any person who maliciously publishes, disseminates or otherwise discloses the confidential location of an emergency shelter operated by a domestic violence agency, as defined in section 52-146k, without written authorization from the domestic violence agency that operates such emergency shelter to publish, disseminate or otherwise disclose the location of such emergency shelter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 14-234, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815e - Marriage › Section 46b-38m. - Accessibility of domestic violence offender program standards on Judicial Branch's Internet web site.

Not later than thirty days after June 30, 2015, the Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Committee shall submit to the Chief Court Administrator the domestic violence offender program standards that were presented to said committee on September 25, 2014. The Chief Court Administrator shall ensure that such program standards, and any updates or revisions thereto provided to the Chief Court Administrator by the Domestic Violence Offender Program Standards Advisory Council, are accessible electronically on the Internet web site of the Judicial Branch.
(P.A. 15-211, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 15-211 effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815f - Civil Union › Section 46b-38aa to 46b-38oo. - Definitions. Eligibility. Kindred prohibited from entering into civil union. Persons authorized to join persons in a civil union. Penalty for unauthorized joining of persons in a civil union. Failure or refusal to join persons in a civil union. License; period of validity; penalty for solemnization without license; validity of civil union ceremony. Application for license. Issuance of license to person under conservatorship. Issuance of license to minor prohibited. Civil union certificate; affidavit in lieu of certificate. Evidentiary weight of certificate or affidavit. Validity of civil union celebrated in foreign country. Equality of benefits, protections and responsibilities. Applicability of statutes to civil unions, civil union status and parties to a civil union.

Sections 46b-38aa to 46b-38oo, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2010.
(P.A. 05-10, S. 1
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15; 05-288, S. 227, 228; P.A. 07-79, S. 7, 8; 07-245, S. 2; P.A. 09-13, S. 10, 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815f - Civil Union › Section 46b-38pp. - Applicability of estate tax, gift tax and income tax to parties to a civil union.

The provisions of chapters 217, 228c and 229 shall apply to parties to a civil union recognized under the laws of this state as if federal income tax law and federal estate and gift tax law recognized such a civil union in the same manner as Connecticut law.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 58.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 effective June 30, 2005, and applicable to taxable years commencing, gifts made, and estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815f - Civil Union › Section 46b-38qq. - Merger of civil union into marriage by action of the parties.

(a) On and after April 23, 2009, and prior to October 1, 2010, two persons who are parties to a civil union entered into pursuant to sections 46b-38aa to 46b-38oo, inclusive, may apply for and be issued a marriage license, provided such persons are otherwise eligible to marry under chapter 815e and the parties to the marriage will be the same as the parties to the civil union.
(b) After the celebration of such marriage and upon the recording of the license certificate or notarized affidavit with the registrar of vital statistics of the town where the marriage took place pursuant to section 46b-34, the civil union of such persons shall be merged into the marriage by operation of law as of the date of the marriage stated in the certificate or affidavit.
(P.A. 09-13, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 09-13 effective April 23, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815f - Civil Union › Section 46b-38rr. - Merger of civil union into marriage by default. Exception.

(a) Two persons who are parties to a civil union established pursuant to sections 46b-38aa to 46b-38oo, inclusive, that has not been dissolved or annulled by the parties or merged into a marriage by operation of law under section 46b-38qq as of October 1, 2010, shall be deemed to be married under chapter 815e on said date and such civil union shall be merged into such marriage by operation of law on said date.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the parties to a civil union with respect to which a proceeding for dissolution, annulment or legal separation is pending on October 1, 2010, shall not be deemed to be married on said date and such civil union shall not be merged into such marriage by operation of law but shall continue to be governed by the provisions of the general statutes applicable to civil unions in effect prior to October 1, 2010.
(P.A. 09-13, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 09-13 effective April 23, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815f - Civil Union › Section 46b-38ss. - Savings clause.

Nothing in section 46b-38qq or 46b-38rr or section 21 of public act 09-13* shall impair or affect any action or proceeding commenced, or any right or benefit accrued, or responsibility incurred, by a party to a civil union prior to October 1, 2010.
(P.A. 09-13, S. 13.)
*Note: Section 21 of public act 09-13 repealed sections 46b-38aa to 46b-38oo, inclusive, effective October 1, 2010.
History: P.A. 09-13 effective April 23, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815f - Civil Union › Section 46b-38tt. - Dissolution, annulment or legal separation of civil union performed in foreign jurisdiction. Enforcement or modification of foreign matrimonial judgment.

(a) Either party to a valid civil union performed in a foreign jurisdiction may bring an action for dissolution, annulment or legal separation of the civil union in this state, and the Superior Court may enter an order of dissolution, annulment or legal separation of the civil union.
(b) The procedures and requirements in the general statutes for the dissolution, annulment or legal separation of a marriage, whether applicable prejudgment or postjudgment, or requirements for enforcement or modification of a foreign matrimonial judgment, shall apply to the dissolution, annulment or legal separation of a civil union or enforcement or modification of a foreign civil union judgment. The substantive law in the general statutes that applies to the dissolution of a marriage, annulment or legal separation, whether applicable prejudgment or postjudgment, shall apply to the dissolution, annulment or legal separation of a valid civil union performed in a foreign jurisdiction.
(P.A. 12-133, S. 31; P.A. 13-194, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 12-133 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-194 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to substitute “either party” for “two persons who are parties”, and added Subsec. (b) re procedures, requirements and substantive law in general statutes for dissolution, annulment or legal separation of marriage, or requirements for enforcement or modification of foreign matrimonial judgment, to apply to dissolution, annulment or legal separation of foreign civil union, or enforcement or modification of foreign civil union judgment.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment › Section 46b-41. (Formerly Sec. 46-36a). - Complaint includes cross-complaints or cross actions.

Whenever the word “complaint” is used in this chapter or section 46b-1 or 51-348a, it shall include cross-complaints or cross actions where appropriate.
(P.A. 74-169, S. 15, 18.)
History: Sec. 46-36a transferred to Sec. 46b-41 in 1979 and internal section references revised as necessary to reflect transfer of those sections.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment › Section 46b-42. (Formerly Sec. 46-33). - Jurisdiction.

The Superior Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all complaints seeking a decree of annulment, dissolution of a marriage or legal separation.
(P.A. 73-373, S. 2.)
History: Sec. 46-33 transferred to Sec. 46b-42 in 1979.
Annotations to former section 46-33:
Cited. 34 CS 251; Id., 628.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 11 CA 150; 13 CA 282.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment › Section 46b-43. (Formerly Sec. 46-34). - Capacity of minor to prosecute or defend.

Any married minor may, in his own name, prosecute or defend to final judgment an action for annulment or dissolution of a marriage or for legal separation and may participate in all judicial proceedings with respect thereto.
(1971, P.A. 8; P.A. 73-373, S. 41; P.A. 78-230, S. 19, 54.)
History: P.A. 73-373 substituted “annulment or dissolution of marriage” for “divorce” and authorized married minor to participate in all judicial proceedings relating to annulment, dissolution or legal separation; P.A. 78-230 made technical change; Sec. 46-34 transferred to Sec. 46b-43 in 1979.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment › Section 46b-44b. - Revocation of joint petition for nonadversarial dissolution of marriage. Effect.

(a) Any action for a nonadversarial dissolution brought pursuant to section 46b-44a may be revoked by either party by filing a notice of revocation with the clerk of the court at any time prior to the court entering a decree of dissolution. Such notice of revocation shall also be sent by the revoking party to the other party by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the other party's residential address, as provided on the joint petition. The filing of a notice of revocation with the clerk of the court shall terminate the nonadversarial dissolution action.
(b) In the event that a notice of revocation is filed with the clerk of the court pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the action shall be placed on the regular family docket of the Superior Court and all provisions of this chapter, except for the provisions of subsection (a) of section 46b-45, shall apply. No new filing fee shall be imposed by the court.
(P.A. 15-7, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment › Section 46b-44c. - Disposition of nonadversarial dissolution of marriage; entry of decree of dissolution of marriage.

(a) All nonadversarial dissolution actions brought pursuant to section 46b-44a shall be assigned a disposition date not less than thirty days after the date on which the parties filed the joint petition.
(b) If a notice of revocation, as provided for in section 46b-44b, has not been filed prior to the disposition date, and the parties have not been notified otherwise, the court may enter a decree of dissolution of marriage on the disposition date, or not later than five days after the disposition date, without a hearing, if it finds that the conditions set forth in section 46b-44a exist, and that any settlement agreement submitted by the parties is fair and equitable. In the event the court enters a decree of dissolution of marriage, the clerk of the court shall send a notice of the entry of a decree of dissolution of marriage to each of the parties at the residential addresses provided on the joint petition. The decree of dissolution of marriage shall give the parties the status of unmarried persons and they may marry again.
(c) If the court enters a decree dissolving the marriage as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the decree of dissolution of marriage shall constitute a final adjudication of the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the status of the marriage and the property rights of the parties.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit either party to the dissolution from commencing an action to set aside the final judgment for fraud, duress, accident, mistake or other grounds recognized at law or in equity.
(P.A. 15-7, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46b - Family Law › Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment › Section 46b-44d. - Review of settlement agreement in nonadversarial dissolution of marriage. Appearance of parties required; exceptions. Matters placed on the regular family docket.

(a) If after review of a settlement agreement filed pursuant to subsection (e) of section 46b-44a, the court cannot determine whether such settlement agreement is fair and equitable, the matter shall be docketed on a date not later than thirty days after the assigned disposition date and the court shall command that the parties appear before the court on such date. If the court determines that the settlement agreement is fair and equitable, the court may enter a decree of dissolution of marriage. If the court is unable to make such a determination, the court may order the termination of the nonadversarial dissolution action and order that the matter be placed on the regular family docket of the Superior Court.
(b) If after review of the joint petition, the court does not enter a decree of dissolution of marriage pursuant to subsection (b) of section 46b-44c, the matter shall be docketed on a date not later than thirty days after the assigned disposition date and the court shall command that the parties appear before the court in order for the court to determine if the criteria in section 46b-44a have been met, and whether a decree of dissolution of marriage may enter. If the court does not enter the decree of dissolution of marriage, the court may order the termination of the nonadversarial dissolution action and order that the matter be placed on the regular family docket of the Superior Court.
(c) If the matter is placed on the regular family docket of the Superior Court pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, all provisions of this chapter, except for the provisions of subsection (a) of section 46b-45, shall apply to the matter. No new filing fee shall be imposed by the court.
(P.A. 15-7, S. 4; P.A. 17-47, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 17-47 added Subsec. (c) re application of provisions of chapter to matter placed on the regular family docket of the Superior Court and filing fee.