2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-453. (Formerly Sec. 17a-433). Referral to Department of Social Services. Injunction against interference by caretaker.
Sec. 17b-453. (Formerly Sec. 17a-433). Referral to Department of Social Services. Injunction against interference by caretaker. (a) If it is determined that an
elderly person is in need of protective services, services shall be initiated, provided the
elderly person consents. If the elderly person fails to consent and the protective services
staff of the Department of Social Services has reason to believe that such elderly person
is incapable of managing his personal or financial affairs, the protective services staff
shall provide protective services to the extent possible and may apply to Probate Court
for the appointment of a conservator of person or estate, as appropriate.
(P.A. 77-613, S. 4, 15; 77-614, S. 521, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-160, S. 20, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner and department of social services with commissioner and department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 46a-17 transferred to Sec. 17a-433 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-433 transferred to Sec. 17b-453 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing a reference to the regional ombudsman with the protective services staff of the Department of Social Services, by replacing a provision requiring the regional ombudsman to refer an elderly person, whom he believes lacks the capacity to consent, to the Department of Social Services for a determination of whether a petition for the appointment of a conservator should be filed with a provision requiring the protective services staff to provide protective services and to allow such staff to apply to Probate Court for the appointment of a conservator for an elderly person whom they believe is incapable of managing his personal or financial affairs and by making technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section.
Annotation to former section 46a-17:
Cited. 199 C. 524, 527.
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