Bill Text: CT SB00276 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Petitions For Neglected, Uncared-for Or Dependent Child Or Youth.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-24 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Judiciary [SB00276 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00276-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 276
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 1335
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Referred to Committee on Education
Introduced by:
(ED)

AN ACT CONCERNING PETITIONS FOR NEGLECTED, UNCARED-FOR OR DEPENDENT CHILD OR YOUTH.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 46b-129 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):

(a) Any selectman, town manager, or town, city or borough welfare department, any probation officer, any superintendent of schools, or the Commissioner of Social Services, the Commissioner of Children and Families or any child-caring institution or agency approved by the Commissioner of Children and Families, a child or such child's representative or attorney or a foster parent of a child, having information that a child or youth is neglected, uncared-for or dependent, may file with the Superior Court that has venue over such matter a verified petition plainly stating such facts as bring the child or youth within the jurisdiction of the court as neglected, uncared-for or dependent, within the meaning of section 46b-120, the name, date of birth, sex and residence of the child or youth, the name and residence of such child's parents or guardian, and praying for appropriate action by the court in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Upon the filing of such a petition, except as otherwise provided in subsection (k) of section 17a-112, the court shall cause a summons to be issued requiring the parent or parents or the guardian of the child or youth to appear in court at the time and place named, which summons shall be served not less than fourteen days before the date of the hearing in the manner prescribed by section 46b-128, and the court shall further give notice to the petitioner and to the Commissioner of Children and Families of the time and place when the petition is to be heard not less than fourteen days prior to the hearing in question.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2010	46b-129(a)

ED

Joint Favorable C/R

JUD