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2011 Connecticut Code
Title 46b Family Law
Chapter 815j Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment
- Sec. 46b-40. (Formerly Sec. 46-32). Grounds for dissolution of marriage; legal separation; annulment.
- Sec. 46b-41. (Formerly Sec. 46-36a). Complaint includes cross-complaints or cross actions.
- Sec. 46b-42. (Formerly Sec. 46-33). Jurisdiction.
- Sec. 46b-43. (Formerly Sec. 46-34). Capacity of minor to prosecute or defend.
- Sec. 46b-44. (Formerly Sec. 46-35). Residency requirement.
- Sec. 46b-45. (Formerly Sec. 46-36). Service and filing of complaint.
- Sec. 46b-45a. Allegation of pregnancy in pleadings. Disagreement as to paternity. Hearing.
- Sec. 46b-46. (Formerly Sec. 46-39). Notice to nonresident party. Jurisdiction over nonresident for alimony and support.
- Sec. 46b-47. (Formerly Sec. 46-40). Complaint for dissolution of marriage on ground of confinement for mental illness; procedure.
- Sec. 46b-48. (Formerly Sec. 46-37). Dissolution of marriage or annulment upon conviction of crime against chastity; procedure.
- Sec. 46b-49. (Formerly Sec. 46-45). Private hearing.
- Sec. 46b-50. (Formerly Sec. 46-46). Number of witnesses in uncontested action.
- Sec. 46b-51. (Formerly Sec. 46-48). Stipulation of parties and finding of irretrievable breakdown.
- Sec. 46b-52. Recrimination and condonation abolished.
- Sec. 46b-53. (Formerly Sec. 46-41). Conciliation procedures; privileged communications.
- Sec. 46b-53a. Mediation program for persons filing for dissolution of marriage. Privileged communications.
- Sec. 46b-54. (Formerly Sec. 46-43). Counsel for minor children. Duties.
- Sec. 46b-55. (Formerly Sec. 46-63). Attorney General as party. Paternity establishment.
- Sec. 46b-56. (Formerly Sec. 46-42). Orders re custody, care, education, visitation and support of children. Best interests of the child. Access to records of minor child by noncustodial parent. Orders re therapy, counseling and drug or alcohol screening.
- Sec. 46b-56a. Joint custody. Definition. Presumption. Conciliation. Parental responsibility plan. Modification of orders.
- Sec. 46b-56b. Presumption re best interest of child to be in custody of parent.
- Sec. 46b-56c. Educational support orders.
- Sec. 46b-56d. Relocation of parent with minor child. Burden of proof. Factors considered by court.
- Sec. 46b-57. (Formerly Sec. 46-47). Third party intervention re custody of minor children. Preference of child.
- Sec. 46b-58. (Formerly Sec. 46-58). Custody, maintenance and education of adopted children.
- Sec. 46b-59. Court may grant right of visitation to any person.
- Sec. 46b-59a. Mediation of disputes re enforcement of visitation rights.
- Sec. 46b-59b. Court may not grant visitation to parent convicted of murder. Exception.
- Sec. 46b-60. (Formerly Sec. 46-55). Orders re children and alimony in annulment cases.
- Sec. 46b-61. (Formerly Sec. 46-62). Orders re children where parents live separately. Commencement of proceedings.
- Sec. 46b-62. (Formerly Sec. 46-59). Orders for payment of attorney's fees in certain actions.
- Sec. 46b-63. (Formerly Sec. 46-60). Restoration of birth name or former name of spouse.
- Sec. 46b-64. (Formerly Sec. 46-64c). Orders of court prior to return day of complaint.
- Sec. 46b-65. (Formerly Sec. 46-61). Filing of declaration of resumption of marital relations; dissolution of marriage after legal separation decree when no declaration filed.
- Sec. 46b-66. (Formerly Sec. 46-49). Review of agreements; incorporation into decree. Arbitration.
- Sec. 46b-66a. Order of court re conveyance of title to real property. Effect of decree.
- Sec. 46b-67. (Formerly Sec. 46-44). Waiting period. Effect of decree.
- Sec. 46b-68. (Formerly Sec. 46-64). Reports to Department of Public Health re dissolutions of marriage and annulments.
- Sec. 46b-69. (Formerly Sec. 46-64b). Statutes applicable to matrimonial actions.
- Sec. 46b-69a. Wage executions and earning assignments.
- Sec. 46b-69b. Parenting education program.
- Sec. 46b-69c. Advisory committee. Recommendations to Judicial Department.
- Sec. 46b-70. Foreign matrimonial judgment defined.
- Sec. 46b-71. Filing of foreign matrimonial judgment; enforcement in this state.
- Sec. 46b-72. Notification of filing.
- Sec. 46b-73. Stay of enforcement; modifications; hearing.
- Sec. 46b-74. Right to action on judgment unimpaired.
- Sec. 46b-75. Uniformity of interpretation.
- Secs. 46b-76 to 46b-79.
- Sec. 46b-80. (Formerly Sec. 46-38). Prejudgment remedies available; lis pendens; notice; effect.
- Sec. 46b-81. (Formerly Sec. 46-51). Assignment of property and transfer of title.
- Sec. 46b-82. (Formerly Sec. 46-52). Alimony.
- Sec. 46b-83. (Formerly Sec. 46-50). Alimony, support and use of family home or other residential dwelling unit awarded pendente lite. Voluntary leaving of family home by one parent.
- Sec. 46b-84. (Formerly Sec. 46-57). Parents' obligation for maintenance of minor child. Order for health insurance coverage.
- Sec. 46b-85. (Formerly Sec. 46-53). Order for support of mentally ill spouse.
- Sec. 46b-86. (Formerly Sec. 46-54). Modification of alimony or support orders and judgments.
- Sec. 46b-87. (Formerly Sec. 46-56). Contempt of orders.
- Sec. 46b-87a. Forms and instructions for application for contempt order based on violation of visitation order.
- Sec. 46b-88. National Medical Support Notice. Duties of issuing agency, employer and administrator of group health plan.
- Sec. 46b-89.
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