2011 Connecticut Code
Title 45a Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 803 Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption
Sec. 45a-733. (Formerly Sec. 45-63a). Procedure on application for adoption by stepparent.

      Sec. 45a-733. (Formerly Sec. 45-63a). Procedure on application for adoption by stepparent. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 45a-727, in the case of a child sought to be adopted by a stepparent, the Court of Probate may waive all requirements of notice to the Commissioner of Children and Families and shall waive, unless good cause is shown for an investigation and report, all requirements for investigation and report by the Commissioner of Children and Families or by a child-placing agency. Upon receipt of the application and agreement, the Court of Probate may set a day for a hearing upon the agreement and shall give reasonable notice of the hearing to the parties to the agreement and to the child, if over twelve years of age.

      (b) At the hearing the court may deny the application, enter a final decree approving the adoption if it is satisfied that the adoption is in the best interests of the child, or, for good cause shown, order an investigation by the Commissioner of Children and Families or a child-placing agency.

      (1971, P.A. 514, S. 1; P.A. 73-156, S. 13; P.A. 74-164, S. 11, 20; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 79-631, S. 82, 111; P.A. 80-476, S. 153; P.A. 86-264, S. 11; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-335; P.A. 96-130, S. 19.)

      History: P.A. 73-156 substituted "a child-placing agency licensed under section 17-50" for "one of the organizations or institutions specified in section 45-16"; P.A. 74-164 deleted reference to adoption by blood relative descended from common ancestor not more than three generations removed from the child, deleted provision allowing waiver of requirement that copy of application and adoption agreement be sent to welfare commissioner, deleted reference to licensure of agency under Sec. 17-50 and deleted reference to courts power to enter interlocutory decree; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with social services commissioner; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-631 replaced human resources commissioner with commissioner of children and youth services; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and reworded provisions; P.A. 86-264 changed age of minor from 14 to 12 years of age; Sec. 45-63a transferred to Sec. 45a-733 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-335 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring waiver of all requirements of investigation and report unless good cause is shown and amended Subsec. (b) by adding "for good cause shown"; P.A. 96-130 made a technical change in Subsec. (b).

      Cited. 45 CS 33.