2022 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 802h - Protected Persons and Their Property
Section 45a-599. - Transfer of guardianship file between Probate Courts.

(a) On the petition of a party or on the court's own motion, a Probate Court may transfer a matter concerning the guardianship of the person of a minor under sections 45a-603 to 45a-625, inclusive, or termination of parental rights under sections 45a-715 to 45a-719, inclusive, to another Probate Court where a prior matter concerning the same minor is pending or continuing, provided the transferring court finds that the transfer is in the best interest of the minor.

(b) When any minor for whom a guardian has been appointed becomes a resident of any town in the state in a probate district other than the one in which a guardian was appointed, such court in that district may, upon motion of any person deemed by the court to have sufficient interest in the welfare of the respondent, including, but not limited to, the guardian or a relative of the minor under guardianship, transfer the file to the probate district in which the minor under guardianship resides at the time of the motion, provided the transfer is in the best interest of the minor.

(c) Upon issuance of an order to transfer a file under this section, the transferring court shall transmit a digital image of each document in the court file to the transferee court using the document management system maintained by the Office of the Probate Court Administrator. The transferee court shall thereupon assume jurisdiction over the guardianship.

(P.A. 96-202, S. 9; P.A. 17-136, S. 12; P.A. 18-45, S. 8.)

History: P.A. 17-136 replaced provision re transfer and delivery of documents with provision transferring court to transmit digital image of each document in court file to transferee court using document management system maintained by the Office of the Probate Court Administrator, effective January 1, 2018; P.A. 18-45 added Subsec. (a) re transfer of guardianship matter to another Probate Court where prior matter concerning same minor is pending or continuing, designated existing provisions re transfer of file to probate district in which minor under guardianship resides as Subsec. (b), and amended same by replacing “application” with “motion”, and designated existing provisions re transmission of digital image of documents to transferee court and court's assumption of jurisdiction over guardianship as Subsec. (c), effective January 1, 2019.