2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 4a-17. (Formerly Sec. 4-68f). Service of process on mentally ill or mentally deficient persons.
Sec. 4a-17. (Formerly Sec. 4-68f). Service of process on mentally ill or mentally
deficient persons. In any action or proceeding in any court to which any person confined
by order of any court, or as provided by section 17a-502 in any institution for the mentally
ill or mentally deficient in this state is a party or which affects or relates to the property
rights of any such person, a copy of all process, notices and documents required to be
served upon such confined person either personally or at his abode or by mail shall be
sent by registered or certified mail to the Commissioner of Administrative Services at
Hartford, another copy thereof shall be so mailed to the superintendent of the institution
where such person is confined or left with him or his representative at his office, and
another copy thereof so served upon the superintendent of such institution or his representative, for such confined person, which shall be equivalent to and constitute service
thereof at the usual place of abode of such confined person whether he then has another
usual place of abode or not; and as soon thereafter as practical and reasonable, such
superintendent or his representative shall deliver such copy to such confined person.
Whenever service or notice is required by publication only, two copies thereof shall be
sent to the superintendent of the institution by registered or certified mail, and one copy
shall also be so mailed to the Commissioner of Administrative Services at Hartford; and
such superintendent or his representative shall deliver one copy thereof to the confined
person as soon as practical and reasonable. No action or proceeding shall abate because
of any failure to comply with the provisions of this section, but the court before whom
any such action or proceeding is pending shall, upon finding noncompliance with any
of said provisions, order immediate compliance therewith.
History: 1967 acts replaced welfare commissioner and department with commissioner of finance and control and added reference to confinement as provided by section 17-183; section transferred from Sec. 17-20 to Sec. 4-68f in 1975; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 4-68f transferred to Sec. 4a-17 in 1989.
