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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 46b Family Law
Chapter 815 Court Proceedings In Family Relations Matters
Sec. 46b-2. (Formerly Sec. 51-331). Family matters, both civil and criminal, placed on family docket first.
Sec. 46b-2. (Formerly Sec. 51-331). Family matters, both civil and criminal,
placed on family docket first. All proceedings involving a family relations matter shall
be first placed on the family relations docket of the Superior Court; and except for
juvenile matters which are provided for in section 46b-133, the judge before whom such
proceeding is brought, may transfer such matter to the criminal or civil docket of said
court if he deems that such docket is more suitable for the disposition of the case. Any
case so entered or transferred to either docket shall be proceeded upon as are other cases
of a like nature standing on such docket.(P.A. 76-436, S. 89a, 681.)
History: Sec. 51-331 transferred to Sec. 46b-2 in 1979.
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