2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 46b - Family Law
Chapter 815j - Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment
Section 46b-44b - Revocation of joint petition for nonadversarial dissolution of marriage. Effect.
(a) Any action for a nonadversarial dissolution brought pursuant to section 46b-44a may be revoked by either party by filing a notice of revocation with the clerk of the court at any time prior to the court entering a decree of dissolution. Such notice of revocation shall also be sent by the revoking party to the other party by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the other party’s residential address, as provided on the joint petition. The filing of a notice of revocation with the clerk of the court shall terminate the nonadversarial dissolution action.
(b) In the event that a notice of revocation is filed with the clerk of the court pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the action shall be placed on the regular family docket of the Superior Court and all provisions of this chapter, except for the provisions of subsection (a) of section 46b-45, shall apply. No new filing fee shall be imposed by the court.
(P.A. 15-7, S. 2.)
