2009 Connecticut Code
Title 46b Family Law
Chapter 815t Juvenile Matters
Sec. 46b-140a. Modification of conditions of probation or suspended commitment. Violation of conditions.

      Sec. 46b-140a. Modification of conditions of probation or suspended commitment. Violation of conditions. (a) At any time during the period of probation or suspended commitment, after hearing and for good cause shown, the court may modify or enlarge the conditions, whether originally imposed by the court under this section or otherwise, and may extend the period as deemed appropriate by the court. The court shall cause a copy of any such order to be delivered to the child or youth and to such child or youth's parent or guardian and probation officer.

      (b) The period of participation in an alternative incarceration program, as a condition of probation or suspended commitment, unless terminated sooner, shall not exceed the original period of probation or suspended commitment.

      (c) At any time during the period of probation or suspended commitment, the court may issue a warrant for the arrest of a child or youth for violation of any of the conditions of probation or suspended commitment, or may issue a notice to appear to answer to a charge of such violation, which notice shall be personally served upon the child or youth. Any such warrant shall authorize all officers named therein to return the child or youth to the custody of the court or to any suitable juvenile detention facility designated by the court.

      (d) If such violation is established, the court may continue or revoke the order of probation or suspended commitment or modify or enlarge the conditions and, if such order of probation or suspended commitment is revoked, require the child or youth to serve the commitment imposed or impose any lesser commitment. No such revocation shall be ordered, except upon consideration of the whole record and unless such violation is established by reliable and probative evidence.

      (e) Upon a determination by the court that a child or youth has violated probation by failing to comply with the requirements of electronic monitoring, the Court Support Services Division shall notify the local law enforcement agency of such violation.

      (P.A. 98-256, S. 8; P.A. 00-141, S. 5; P.A. 03-278, S. 98.)

      History: P.A. 00-141 added Subsec. (e) providing that upon determination by court that child or youth has violated probation by failing to comply with electronic monitoring, court support services division shall notify local law enforcement agency of such violation; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (e), effective July 9, 2003.