2014 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families
Section 17a-7 - (Formerly Sec. 17-415a). Parole of delinquent child in commissioner’s custody.

Except as otherwise limited by subsection (i) of section 46b-140 and subsection (a) of section 46b-141, the Commissioner of Children and Families or the commissioner’s designee may, when deemed in the best interests of a child committed to the custody of the commissioner as delinquent by the Superior Court, place such child on parole under such terms or conditions as the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee deem to be in the best interests of such child. When in the opinion of the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee it is no longer in the best interest of such child to remain on parole or when the child has violated a condition of aftercare, such child may be returned to any institution, resource or facility administered by or available to the Department of Children and Families, provided the child shall have a right to a hearing, not more than thirty days after the child’s return to placement, pursuant to procedures adopted by the commissioner in accordance with sections 4-176e to 4-181a, inclusive.

(P.A. 74-268, S. 1, 3; P.A. 75-524, S. 11, 30; P.A. 78-280, S. 28, 127; P.A. 79-581, S. 8; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 78, 121; P.A. 14-187, S. 10.)

History: P.A. 75-524 replaced “person” with “child or youth”; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to youths and replaced juvenile court with superior court; P.A. 79-581 placed limitation on provisions re Secs. 51-321 and 51-322(a); Sec. 17-415a transferred to Sec. 17a-7 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 14-187 made technical changes, added reference to child violating condition of aftercare and added provision re right to hearing after return to placement, effective June 11, 2014.