2011 Connecticut Code
Title 45a Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 802h Protected Persons and Their Property
Sec. 45a-671. (Formerly Sec. 45-323). Hearing on application for guardianship. Notice.

      Sec. 45a-671. (Formerly Sec. 45-323). Hearing on application for guardianship. Notice. (a) Within forty-five days of the filing of such application for guardianship in the Court of Probate, such court shall assign a time and place for hearing such application. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 45a-7, the court may hold the hearing on the application at a place within the state other than its usual courtroom if it would facilitate the presence of the respondent. Such court shall cause a citation and notice to be served upon the respondent by personal service made by a state marshal, constable or an indifferent person not less than seven days prior to such hearing date.

      (b) The court shall direct notice by first class mail to the following: (1) The parents of the respondent, provided the parents are not the applicants; (2) the spouse of the respondent, provided the spouse is not the applicant; (3) children of the respondent, if any; and (4) the person in charge of the hospital, nursing home, residential facility or other institution in which the respondent may reside.

      (c) The court shall order such notice as it directs to the following: (1) The applicant; and (2) the siblings of the respondent or their representatives, if the respondent has no living parents, and the spouse or children of the respondent.

      (d) The court in its discretion may order such notice as it directs to other persons having an interest in the respondent.

      (P.A. 82-337, S. 4; P.A. 84-294, S. 5; P.A. 86-323, S. 3; P.A. 00-99, S. 87, 154; P.A. 07-184, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 84-294 changed notice requirement from "within" to "not less than" seven days prior to hearing date; P.A. 86-323 substituted notice by certified mail to person in charge of hospital, nursing home or other institution in which respondent may reside in lieu of personal service and required court to notify spouse or children of the respondent; Sec. 45-323 transferred to Sec. 45a-671 in 1991; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 07-184 substituted "the filing of such application for guardianship" for "filing such application" in Subsec. (a), substituted "first class mail" for "certified mail" in Subsec. (b), and made technical changes.

      Annotation to former section 45-323:

      Subsec. (b):

      Cited. 9 CA 413.

      Annotation to present section:

      Subsec. (a):

      Cited. 230 C. 828.