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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code › 9 - Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code › Section 42a-9-6 - Search requests and reports

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General requirements.
The filing office maintains for public inspection a searchable index for all records of UCC documents that provides for the retrieval of a record by the name of the debtor and by the file number of the initial financing statement to which the record relates. The index associates each initial financing statement with each filed UCC document relating to it.
(b)
Search requests.
A search request shall set forth the full correct name of a debtor and shall specify whether the debtor is an individual or an organization. When the debtor is an individual, a search request shall designate separate fields for first, middle, and last names and any suffix.
(c)
Rules applied to search requests.
Search results are created by applying standardized search logic to the name presented to the filing office. The following, and only the following rules are applied to conduct searches.
(1) There is no limit to the number of matches that may be returned in response to the search criteria;
(2) No distinction is made between upper and lower case letters;
(3) Punctuation marks and accents are disregarded;
(4) Noise Words and abbreviations in a name that indicate the existence or nature of an organization are disregarded. All spaces are disregarded;
(5) First and last names of individuals are searched exactly as provided. When an initial is provided for the first name, the system shall search for that initial only. If no middle initial is provided the system shall equate it with all middle names and initials.
(6) After taking the rules specified in subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, of this subsection into account to modify the name of the debtor requested to be searched and to modify the names of debtors contained in financing statements in the UCC information management system, the search shall reveal only names of debtors that match the standard search logic.
(7) At times the results of a search may yield more than an exact name match due to the method in which tax lien information is electronically transmittted to the UCC information management system pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 3 - Issuance of Type Approval for Weights and Measures Devices › Section 43-3-2 - Type approval requirement

Current through July 10, 2024
No novel weighing or measuring device shall be sold, offered for sale or used in the state unless that device is given type approval by the Commissioner. Said type approval shall be granted by the Commissioner upon his determination that the design or pattern of the device is such that it will perform accurately and correctly as defined in Sec. 43-3-1.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 3 - Issuance of Type Approval for Weights and Measures Devices › Section 43-3-3 - Exceptions to type approval requirement

Current through July 10, 2024
Type approval shall not be required when:
(a) In the case of an individual device, the Commissioner permits the sealing of the device for testing purposes, or to prevent economic hardship;
(b) The Commissioner deems the device or piece of equipment to be of such simple design and predictable response that considerations beyond the accuracy and correctness of individual devices are unnecessary; or
(c) The device has received a certificate of conformance in accordance with the national type evaluation program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 3 - Issuance of Type Approval for Weights and Measures Devices › Section 43-3-4 - Requirement of testing and finding of accuracy and correctness

Current through July 10, 2024
No municipal sealer of weights and measures or state inspector of weights and measures shall seal any weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, Section 43-1, unless it has been tested and found accurate and correct.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 3 - Issuance of Type Approval for Weights and Measures Devices › Section 43-3-5 - Adoption of standards for Connecticut

Current through July 10, 2024
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbooks 112 and 44, as from time to time amended, of the United States Department of Commerce, are adopted, and herein incorporated by reference, as setting forth standards for this state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 3 - Issuance of Type Approval for Weights and Measures Devices › Section 43-3-6 - Opportunity for hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
Before denying, suspending, or revoking type approval of a device, the Commissioner, upon request, shall afford the applicant an opportunity for hearing in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 54 of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 3 - Issuance of Type Approval for Weights and Measures Devices › Section 43-3-7 - Fees for calibration services

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The fees for calibration services performed in the laboratory by Department of Consumer Protection employees and the fees for testing laboratory balances are set forth in the following schedule. No fees shall be charged for any calibration services provided pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, Section 43-50.
(b) The fees for tolerance testing for weights opened, clean and ready for testing shall be:
(1) Weights over 50 pounds (25 kg) and up to 1,000 pounds (500 kg), $25.00 each;
(2) Weights over 2 pounds (1 kg) and up to and including 50 pounds (25 kg), $13.00 each;
(3) Weights 2 pounds and under (less than 1 kg and under), $7.00 each;
(4) 10 to 32 pound weight kits (4 kg to 16 kg weight kits) not exceeding 26 pieces, $95.00 per kit; and
(5) Other weight kits consisting of 16 pieces or less and individual weights not exceeding 5 pounds (2 kg), $70.00 per kit.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 3a - Method of Sale of Commodities › Section 43-3a-1 - Adoption of regulations of national conference

Current through July 10, 2024
The uniform regulation for the method of sale of commodities adopted and amended from time to time by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, as amended, of the United States Department of Commerce are adopted, and herein incorporated by reference, as standards for this State.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 8a - Last Sale Dates for Retail Products › Section 43-8a-1 - Uniform open dating. Exceptions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Definitions.
(1) "Adulterated" has the same meaning as
			 described in Section 21a-101 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) "Best if used by date" means a date prior to a
			 deterioration of quality for semi perishable food and long shelf-life
			 food.
(3) A deterioration of quality
			 means a significant risk of spoilage, loss of value, or loss of
			 palatability.
(4) "Food establishment"
			 means any establishment in which food is stored, offered for sale, processed, or
			 prepared, other than an eating or drinking establishment, and includes the
			 transportation of any food.
(5) "Long
			 shelf-life food" means any food for which a deterioration of quality does not occur
			 sooner than six months after the date of packaging, including, but not limited to,
			 foods preserved by freezing, dehydrating, or being placed in a hermetically sealed
			 container.
(6) "Perishable food" means
			 any food having a deterioration of quality not later than sixty days after the date
			 of packaging.
(7) "Person" means an
			 individual, partnership, limited liability company, society, association, joint
			 stock company, corporation, estate, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee or any
			 other legal entity and any other person acting in a fiduciary or representative
			 capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise, and any combination
			 thereof.
(8) "Prepackaged food" means
			 food packaged prior to being displayed or offered for retail sale.
(9) "Sell by date" means the recommended last date
			 of sale of perishable food, semi perishable food, and long shelf-life food that
			 permits a subsequent period before a deterioration of quality.
(10) "Semi perishable food" means any food for
			 which a deterioration of quality occurs only after a minimum of sixty days, but not
			 later than six months, after the date of packaging.
(11) "Wholesome food" means a raw, cooked,
			 processed or prepared edible substance or beverage that is intended for human
			 consumption and that meets all quality and labeling standards imposed by federal,
			 state and local laws and regulations, including food not readily marketable due to
			 any condition such as packaging, appearance, age, freshness, grade, surplus or
			 size.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 27 - Sale of Hardwood Pellets › Section 43-27-1 - Sale of hardwood pellets

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) For the purpose of this section, the term "hardwood pellets" means a processed wood product containing the pieces, remnants, sawdust, or any combination thereof, of hardwood trees or lumber that has been compressed or otherwise formed into relatively uniform shapes for use in stoves or hearths for the purpose of heating homes or structures. Additional ingredients within said pellets may include switchgrass, other types of grass, or other organic materials.
(b) Hardwood pellets offered for sale within this state shall be sold by weight. The unit of measure shall be the pound. All packages of hardwood pellets shall have a net weight declaration and be subject to unit pricing pursuant to sections 21a-73  through 21a-77, inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes. "Unit pricing," for the purpose of this subsection, means having a conspicuous label on or near any packages being sold at retail indicating the price per pound computed to the nearest cent.
(c) The standards set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall apply until such time as a standard is adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, as amended, of the United States Department of Commerce.
(d) Violations of this section shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice pursuant to section 42-115u  of the Connecticut General Statutes and pursuant to the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, Chapter 735a of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 43 - Weights and Measures › 42 - Temperature Compensation in the Sale of Motor and Heating Fuels › Section 43-42-1 - Adoption of regulations of national conference; exceptions

Current through July 10, 2024
Those specifications, tolerances and regulations for commercial weighing and measuring devices adopted and amended from time to time by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, as amended, of the United States Department of Commerce are adopted, and herein incorporated by reference, as standards for this state, with the exception that the practices of automatic and nonautomatic temperature compensation shall not be allowed to modify the standard volumetric units used in the sale of motor fuels and home heating fuels, except for liquefied petroleum gas.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 26 - Refunding of Overpayment of Probate Assessments › Section 45-26-1 - Refund of probate assessment overpayments

Current through July 10, 2024
Each person entitled to a refund of overpayment, as provided in section 45-26 of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes to be paid from the fund provided by section 45-4h of said supplement, shall make written application for such refund to the probate court administrator specifying the amount of the assessment due, the amount paid thereon and the amount of the refund claimed. The probate court administrator, after determining the amount of the refund due, if any, shall initiate a voucher and payment list against the probate court administration fund established by section 45-4h of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes, for the amount of the refund. The payment of any such refund shall not bar the probate court administrator from a subsequent finding, as the result of any audit made after such refund, that the amount of assessment paid was incorrect and that such person is either entitled to an additional refund or is indebted to the probate court administrator.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 29j - Election of Optional Form of Retirement Allowance for Members of the Probate Judges and Employees' Retirement Fund › Section 45-29j-1 - Filing and approval of election. Revocation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A member desiring to elect an optional form of retirement allowance shall file with the retirement commission, before the commencement of his retirement allowance, a written election on a form to be provided by the retirement commission.
(b) An election shall be approved immediately if the member passes a health examination satisfactory to the retirement commission. Such health examination shall be made, without expense to the state, on a form to be provided by the retirement commission, by a physician legally licensed to practice medicine in the State of Connecticut.
(c) In other cases, the option application shall automatically be deemed to have been approved by the retirement commission three years after the filing thereof.
(d) An election may be revoked, or the fraction which the spouse is to receive may be reduced, at any time at least three years before the first date on which the spouse would have been entitled to a retirement allowance if the member had died on such date, as set forth in subsection (b) of section 45-29j-2. In the event of the divorce of the member and his spouse, an election may be revoked at any time before such first date. Otherwise an election may not be revoked or the fraction reduced except upon the consent of the commission, which will consider whether the proposed revocation or change would be detrimental to the state or to the retirement fund, and may require evidence as to the health of the member or his spouse, or both, and may require the consent of the spouse, before making its decision.
(e) The member may, if he so elects, provide that the optional form shall not take effect if he is retired on account of disability.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 29j - Election of Optional Form of Retirement Allowance for Members of the Probate Judges and Employees' Retirement Fund › Section 45-29j-2 - Allowance to spouse

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If a member retires after his election has been approved by the retirement commission and he is outlived by his spouse, such spouse shall be entitled to a retirement allowance commencing at the member's death. In the case of a member not participating in social security, the amount of each payment to the spouse shall be the reduced amount which would have been payable if the member were living at the time of such payment, or such fraction thereof as the member shall have specified in his election. In the case of a member participating in social security, the income payable to the spouse prior to the spouse's sixty-second birthday shall be the same as if the member were not participating in social security; and the income thereafter shall be the same as that to which the member was entitled, or to which he would have become entitled, upon his becoming eligible for social security old age insurance benefits, or such fraction thereof as the member specified in his election.
(b) If a member dies before retiring, after he has attained the age and completed the years of service necessary for retirement and after his election has been approved by the retirement commission, his spouse, if surviving, shall be entitled to receive the same retirement allowance as such spouse would have been entitled to if the member had retired just before his death.
(c) In no other case shall the spouse be entitled to a retirement allowance if the member dies before commencement of his retirement allowance. In no case shall the spouse be entitled to a retirement allowance if the member retired before his election has been approved by the retirement commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 29j - Election of Optional Form of Retirement Allowance for Members of the Probate Judges and Employees' Retirement Fund › Section 45-29j-4 - Payment to beneficiary

Current through July 10, 2024
If a retirement allowance becomes payable either to the member or to the spouse, the payment to the beneficiary provided for in section 45-29m and 45-266 of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes shall be made only after the death of the survivor of the member and his spouse, and shall then be made in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the member's contributions to the retirement fund over the aggregate of the retirement allowance payments made to him and to his spouse. The spouse shall have no right to name or change a beneficiary either before or after the death of the member. If no named beneficiary survives the member and his spouse, payments shall be made to the executor or administrator or the member, except that, if the amount is less than one thousand dollars, the refund may, at the option of the comptroller, be made in accordance with the terms of section 45-266 of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 63 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45-63-1 to 45-63-10 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred, November 4, 1993.
Former Section Number
New Section Number
45-63-1
45a-728-1
45-63-2
45a-728-2
45-63-3
45a-728-3
45-63-4
45a-728-4
45-63-5
45a-728-5
45-63-6
45a-728-6
45-63-7
45a-728-7
45-63-8
45a-728-8
45-63-9
45a-728-9
45-63-10
45a-728-10
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 70g - Requirements for Appointment of the Commissioner on Aging as Conservator of the Estate for Certain Elderly Individuals › Section 45-70g-1a - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 45-70g-1 a through 45-70g-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Available Appropriations" means funds, if any, appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department on Aging to carry out the purposes of Section 45-70g of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department on Aging.
(c) "Conservator" means conservator of the estate as defined in Section 45-70a of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended.
(d) "Department" means the Department on Aging.
(e) "Designee" means any employee of the Department selected by the Commissioner to act on her or his behalf as conservator of the estate under Section 45-70g(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(f) "Incapable of managing his or her affairs," "respondent" and "ward" are defined in accordance with Section 45-70a of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(g) "Institution" means any state-operated or private residential facility including a chronic disease hospital, general hospital, psychiatric hospital, intermediate care facility for the retarded, hospice or any chronic and convalescent facility or rest home with nursing supervision as defined by Section 19a-521 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(h) "Liquid Assets" means all resources readily convertible into cash, excluding real property, and including but not limited to cash, bank accounts, stocks, certificates of deposit, credit union shares, present interests in estates, the cash value of life insurance, and the cash value of burial insurance in an amount over $1,500.
(i) "Real Property" means land property, the natural resources therein, and improvements thereon. For the purposes of Sections 45-70g-1 a to 45-70g-4a, inclusive, real property does not include a mobile home unless the mobile home is permanently affixed to real property which is intended to be sold along with the mobile home.
(j) "Suitable Conservator" means any person, municipal or state official, or private profit or non-profit corporation, except a hospital or nursing home, as defined in Section 19a-521 of the Connecticut General Statutes found appropriate by the Probate Court.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 70g - Requirements for Appointment of the Commissioner on Aging as Conservator of the Estate for Certain Elderly Individuals › Section 45-70g-2a - Eligibility standards for the commissioner on aging to serve as conservator

Current through July 10, 2024
The Commissioner shall accept appointment as conservator of the estate of any respondent 60 years of age or older, within available appropriations and subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) The Court of Probate must find that the respondent is incapable of managing his or her affairs.
(b) The Court of Probate must find that the health or welfare of the respondent is in jeopardy without such appointment, based on evidence showing
(1) That the respondent has property rights which will be wasted or dissipated unless proper management is provided, or
(2) That funds are needed for the support, care or welfare of the respondent and the respondent is unable to take the necessary steps to obtain such funds.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 70g - Requirements for Appointment of the Commissioner on Aging as Conservator of the Estate for Certain Elderly Individuals › Section 45-70g-4a - Duties of conservator

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon the Commissioner's appointment as conservator of the estate, the Commissioner or the designee shall undertake to complete an inventory of the estate which shall be filed with the Court of Probate within two months of the appointment.
(b) The Commissioner or the designee shall provide a written accounting to the Court of Probate within three years from the date of appointment or more frequently if required by the court.
(c) The Commissioner or designee is not required to engage in the sale or transfer for value of real property in connection with the duties as conservator. When such sale or transfer is necessary for the proper disposition of the estate, the Commissioner may resign as conservator and request that the Court of Probate appoint a successor conservator with payment to be made from the proceeds of the sale.
(d) The Commissioner and the designee shall be exempted from liability for any loss or depreciation of any estate or trust property provided that they have acted in good faith and with reasonable care and diligence.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 70g - Requirements for Appointment of the Commissioner on Aging as Conservator of the Estate for Certain Elderly Individuals › Section 45-70g-5 - Replacement of commissioner with another suitable conservator

Current through July 10, 2024
During the term of appointment of the Commissioner on Aging, or his or her designee as conservator, if a suitable person, corporation or municipal or state official is found to replace said Commissioner as conservator, such person, corporation, or official may be appointed successor conservator, subject to the approval of the court of probate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 70g - Requirements for Appointment of the Commissioner on Aging as Conservator of the Estate for Certain Elderly Individuals › Section 45-70g-6 - Payment for cost of services of conservator received

Current through July 10, 2024
Subject to the approval of the probate court having jurisdiction, the estate of any person for whom the Commissioner has been appointed conservator pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45-70g shall be liable for payment for the cost of services as conservator and, to the extent possible, payment to the Commissioner for such services shall be made from the assets of the estate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 70g - Requirements for Appointment of the Commissioner on Aging as Conservator of the Estate for Certain Elderly Individuals › Section 45-70g-7 - Payment for services received, other than services of conservator

Current through July 10, 2024
In accordance with Section 45-75a of the Connecticut General Statutes, the preceding duties, responsibilities and powers shall be carried out within the limitations of the resources available to the ward, either through his own estate or through public or private assistance.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45 - Probate Courts and Procedure (repealed) › 70g - Requirements for Appointment of the Commissioner on Aging as Conservator of the Estate for Certain Elderly Individuals › Conservator of Person › Section 45-70g-10 to 45-70g-16 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Correlated Table
Existing Section
New Section
45-70g-10
45a-651-10
45-70g-11
45a-651-11
45-70g-12
45a-651-12
45-70g-13
45a-651-13
45-70g-14
45a-651-14
45-70g-15
45a-651-15
45-70g-16
45a-651-16
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 651 - Conservator of Person › Section 45a-651-10 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 10 through 16, inclusive:
(a) The terms "conservator of the person," "incapable of managing his or her affairs," incapable of caring for oneself," "respondent," and "ward" are defined in accordance with C.G.S. Section 45a-644.
(b) Available Appropriations means funds, if any, appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department of Human Resources to carry out the purposes of C.G.S. Section 45a-651.
(c) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources.
(d) Designee means any person selected by the Commissioner of Human Resources to act in his behalf as conservator of the person under C.G.S. Section 45a-651.
(e) Earned Income means any compensation payable by an employer to an employee for personal services and includes wages, salaries, tips, commissions, bonuses, and earnings from self-employment or contractual agreements based on the most recent 13 weeks, minus the usual and customary deductions.
(f) Other Income may include, but is not limited to pensions; annuities; dividends; interest; rental income; estate or trust income; royalties; social security minus any medicare deductions; supplemental security income; unemployment compensation; workmen's compensation; alimony; child support; and cash assistance from federal; state; or municipally funded assistance programs not otherwise excluded as income by federal or state law.
(g) Liquid Assets means all traditional assets readily convertible into cash, excluding real property and a monthly maintenance allowance to be determined by the Commissioner, and including but not limited to, cash, bank accounts, stocks, certificates of deposit, credit union shares, present interests in estates, the cash value of life insurance, and the cash value of burial insurance over $1,500. Liquid Assets also means Earned Income, and Other Income as defined in this section.
(h) Suitable Conservator means any person, municipal or state official, or private for profit or non-profit corporation, except a hospital or nursing home as defined in C.G.S. Section 19a-521, found appropriate by the probate court, upon taking into consideration the condition and needs of the respondent.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 651 - Conservator of Person › Section 45a-651-11 - Eligibility standards for the commissioner of human resources to serve as conservator of the person

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commissioner of Human Resources shall accept appointment, within available appropriations, as conservator of the person of any respondent, 60 years of age or older, found incapable under Chapter 802h of the C.G.S. of caring for himself or herself if the probate court finds that the health or welfare of the respondent is in jeopardy without such appointment; and that the conditions of Sections 2 (a) (1) and 2 (b), below, have been met. Such appointment shall be subject to the provisions of 2 (c) below and the Commissioner of Human Resources shall have the right to refuse any appointment in accordance with said section. The Commissioner shall not accept appointment as conservator of the person for any respondent who is receiving services from a governmental entity in another state
(1) The Commissioner of Human Resources is the conservator of the person of last choice. The availability of family, friends, town and state officials, town social service providers, state social service providers, the Department of Administrative Services under C.G.S. Section 4a-15 and any other appropriate persons, to serve as conservator of the person shall be fully explored by the person petitioning the court for a conservator of the person before the Commissioner is authorized to serve as conservator of the person. The Commissioner shall not serve as conservator of the person if an individual has a family that is available, qualified and willing to serve.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 651 - Conservator of Person › Section 45a-651-12 - Application and determination of eligibility

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any application for conservator which requests appointment of the Commissioner of Human Resources shall have attached thereto Form PRC-79, setting forth the efforts made to find a suitable conservator, conditions which place the health and welfare of the respondent in jeopardy and a representation that the liquid assets of the respondent do not exceed $1,500.
(b) Upon receiving the petition, the Court(s) of Probate shall send a copy of said petition including the information in PRC-79 to the Commissioner of Human Resources or his designee, within a five day period, excluding Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. A notice of the hearing date shall be sent to the Commissioner as soon as reasonably possible. The Commissioner may request such additional information as may be necessary to determine eligibility for his appointment either through the Court of Probate or directly through the petitioner. At the hearing the Commissioner or his designee shall accept or decline the appointment in accordance with these regulations and may present any evidence or information in support of his or her decision.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 651 - Conservator of Person › Section 45a-651-13 - Duties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When appointed under C.G.S. Section 45a-651, the Commissioner or his designee shall have all the powers and duties of a conservator as provided in the General Statutes.
(b) In his capacity as conservator of the person, the Commissioner or his designee has the authority to contract with service providers for assistance in carrying out the duties as conservator listed in C.G.S. Section 45a-656.
(c) The Commissioner or his designee, in their capacity as conservator of the person, shall maintain a visitation schedule as follows:
(1) Not less than monthly visits for persons living in the community.
(2) Not less than quarterly visits for persons in institutions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 651 - Conservator of Person › Section 45a-651-14 - Replacement of commissioner with another suitable conservator of the person

Current through July 10, 2024
During the term of appointment of the Commissioner of Human Resources as conservator of the person, if a suitable person, corporation or municipal or state official is found to replace said Commissioner as conservator of the person, such person, corporation, or official shall be appointed successor conservator of the person, subject to the approval of the court of probate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 651 - Conservator of Person › Section 45a-651-15 - Payment of cost of services of conservator of the person

Current through July 10, 2024
Subject to the approval of the probate court having jurisdiction, the estate of any person for whom the Commissioner has been appointed conservator of the person pursuant to C.G.S. Section 45a-651 shall be liable for payment for the cost of services as conservator of the person and, to the extent possible, payment to the Commissioner for such services shall be made from the assets of the estate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 651 - Conservator of Person › Section 45a-651-16 - Payment for services received, other than services of conservator

Current through July 10, 2024
In accordance with C.G.S. Section 45a-656, the preceding duties, responsibilities and powers shall be carried out within the limitations of the resources available to the conserved individual, either through his own estate or through public or private assistance.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-1 - Scope of regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
The Commissioner or a Child Placing Agency may place a child in adoption who has been identified or located by a prospective adoptive parent provided any such placement shall be made in accordance with these regulations. If any such placement is not made in accordance with these regulations, the Probate Court shall not approve the adoption application.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 45a-728-1 through 45a-728-10, except as otherwise provided therein:
(a) "Department" means the Department of Children and Families.
(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families.
(c) "Child placing agency" means any agency within or without the State of Connecticut licensed or approved by the Commissioner of Children and Families for the placement of children for the purpose of adoption.
(d) "Birth parent" means the mother who bore or is bearing the child and the biological father.
(e) "Identify" means to give, share, or obtain any information regarding a specific child or birth parent(s) or expectant birth parent for the purpose of adoption.
(f) "Locate" means to engage in the process of searching for or seeking out a child or children for the purpose of adoption.
(g) "Non-approved child placing agency" means an agency in any of the United States or its political subdivisions which is not approved by the department but is licensed or similarly regulated by the jurisdiction in which it is located. Such agency is prohibited from the placement of a child, for any purpose, into the State of Connecticut.
(h) "Place for adoption" or "placement for adoption" means the act of giving or transferring physical possession of a child or children to the prospective adoptive parent(s) by a child placing agency or the department, or by a person designated by a child placing agency or the department, provided such person is designated in writing and qualified under subsection (b) of Section 45a-728-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(i) "Homestudy" means the process of assisting the prospective adoptive family to assess their own readiness to adopt and parent including a determination of the compliance of the family and their residence with:
(1) department licensing regulations 17a-145-48 et seq., if the homestudy is completed on a family residing in the State of Connecticut, or
(2) licensing requirements of the State in which the family resides if the family resides outside of the State of Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-3 - Restricted activities and penalties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person, persons, association, corporation or any other entity except a child placing agency or the department shall offer, give, request, receive, or accept payment of cash or other consideration, directly or indirectly, for the identification or location of a specified child or children for prospective adoptive parent(s) or for information regarding birth parents.
(b) No person, persons, association, corporation or any other entity, other than a child placing agency or the department or a person designated by a child placing agency or the department, provided such person is designated in writing and qualified under subsection (b) of Section 45a-728-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be permitted to physically place a child with the prospective adoptive parent(s) for adoption.
(c) These provisions shall not restrict physicians or attorneys from receiving reasonable payment for services (other than those set forth in subsection (a) of this section) customarily performed by such physicians or attorneys.
(d) Any child-placing agency violating any provision of Sections 45a-728-1 through 45a-728-10 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies may be subject to revocation of its license or approval to operate in the State of Connecticut in accordance with Section 17a-150-8 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-4 - Permissible activities for non-approved child placing agencies

Current through July 10, 2024
Non Approved Child Placing Agencies-The activities of out-of-state non approved child placing agencies shall be permitted so long as such activities are not performed within the State of Connecticut and are of the type customarily performed by a child placing agency, and provided further that the actual placement of a child is made only by the department or a child placing agency. Or a person designated by a child placing agency or the department, provided such person is designated in writing and qualified under subsection (b) of Section 45a-728-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-5 - Prospective adoptive parents-homestudy

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Prospective adoptive parents should initiate the identified adoption process by requesting a homestudy by a child placing agency. During the homestudy process, the child placing agency shall provide the prospective adoptive parents detailed information regarding the identified adoption process and a copy of these regulations.
(b) Prospective adoptive parents and their home must be studied and determined to meet licensing standards prior to the placement of a child in their home. Such determination should be done prior to the identification of a prospective child for adoption. However, a child placing agency (or the department in the case of a child or youth in the care or custody of the Commissioner) may accept a request for a homestudy where the identification of a child has been made prior to the initiation or completion of the homestudy unless the manner of location or identification of the child is inconsistent with these regulations.
(c) In all cases, placement of a child with the prospective adoptive parent(s) shall not be permitted less than forty-five (45) days from the initiation of the homestudy process (which is defined as the first in person meeting regarding adoption between the prospective adoptive parent(s) and a qualified representative of a child placing agency, or a non approved child placing agency).
(d) In all cases placement of a child with a prospective adoptive parent shall not be permitted until the home is determined by the child placing agency or non-approved child placing agency to have met the requirements of the state into which the child is to be placed.
(e) No homestudy for adoption purposes by any child placing agency or the department shall be permitted if the child is already residing in the home of the prospective adoptive family. This prohibition shall not apply:
(1) in cases where the child was placed in the home by a child-placing agency or the Commissioner;
(2) in cases when the placement of the child in the home was not for adoption purposes and the adoption application will be brought before the adoption review board under the provisions of Section 45a-764 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-5a - Prospective adoptive parents-permissible activities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Prospective adoptive parents may:
(1) participate in the labor and birth of the child identified for adoption; and
(2) visit the newborn child, provided the birth mother, her physician and the child placing agency agree and, if such participation and visitation are consistent with the medically necessary procedures of the hospital.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-6 - Advertising

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any birth parent or prospective adoptive parent may advertise through any Connecticut public media for the purposes of identified adoption in accordance with the provisions of Public Act 93-101.
(b) The department and child placing agencies may advertise in any Connecticut public media regarding the availability of their adoption services or for the placement of a child for the purpose of adoption.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-7 - Birth parent counseling

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Counseling of the birth mother may occur anytime during the pregnancy, but shall not occur later than seventy-two (72) hours after the birth of the child, or as soon as possible thereafter should the mother's medical condition prevent such counseling. In the case of a child whose age exceeds seventy-two (72) hours and where counseling of the birth mother was not delayed as the result of a medical condition counseling shall be provided to the birth mother prior to placement. Counseling shall also be offered to the birth father, if known within the time conditions provided for in this subsection.
(b) Such counseling shall be done by a staff person from a child placing agency or the department designated to provide this type of counseling or one of the following with the approval of the child placing agency or the department:
(1) A staff person in a Council on Accreditation of Services of Families and Children (hereafter referred to C.O.A.) accredited family services or child placing agency designated to provide this type of counseling.
(2) A staff person in a mental health facility accredited by the C.O.A. or the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals designated to provide this type of counseling.
(3) A staff person in a governmental child welfare or child placing agency or a non-approved child placing agency designated to provide this type of counseling.
(4) A person who is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers.
(5) A person with a masters or doctoral degree in counseling, psychology or related mental health disciplines from an accredited college or university.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-8 - Permissible payments by prospective adoptive parents and/or child placing agencies involved in identified placements

Current through July 10, 2024
In addition to the payments by the prospective adoptive parents to the child placing agency in accordance with its fee schedule on file with the department, the payments listed below shall also be permitted. The child placing agency shall be required to investigate and offer to both the prospective adoptive parents and the birth parents possible alternative sources for payment of all of the permitted expenses listed here. No payment shall be made directly to the birth parent, to any relative by blood or marriage, to any cohabitor nor to anyone on their behalf by the prospective adoptive parents. All payments by the prospective adoptive parents, or anyone on their behalf, must be transmitted to the child placing agency for distribution. In no event may payments by the child placing agency to or on behalf of the birth parent(s) exceed the following:
(a)
Living Expenses of Birth Mother
Payment for living expenses of a birth mother by the prospective adoptive parents shall be permitted in an amount not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars or such amount as may be approved in unusual circumstances by the probate court responsible for such adoption. In addition to the payment of living expenses, payment by the prospective adoptive parents of reasonable telephone and maternity clothing expenses of the birth mother shall be permitted.
(b)
Transportation, Lodging, Food Expenses
(1) Birth parent. Payment for transportation, lodging and food costs for a birth parent incurred as a direct result of effecting or attempting to effect the placement with a child placing agency of a child for adoption shall be permitted at a cost not to exceed round trip coach fare on a common carrier from and to the birth parent's established place of residence, plus necessary related connecting transportation and reasonable and necessary lodging and food costs.
(2) Agency Representative. Payment for expenses of transportation, lodging and food costs for a child placing agency representative incurred as a direct result of activities customarily engaged in by child placing agencies including but not limited to expenses incurred as a direct result of effecting or attempting to effect the placement of a child for adoption shall be permitted at a cost not to exceed round trip coach fare from and to the agency representatives' established place of employment on a common carrier plus necessary related connecting transportation, and reasonable and necessary lodging and food costs.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure › 728 - Adoption Placement of Children Who Have Been Identified or Located by Prospective Adoptive Parents › Section 45a-728-9 - Provision for less affluent to participate

Current through July 10, 2024
Each child placing agency participating in identified adoptions shall be required to file a fee schedule with the department indicating a reasonable method by which less affluent families may participate in the identified adoption process.