Connecticut Law About Child Support

Connecticut Law About Child Support
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Connecticut General Statutes

Pathfinders prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

Child Support in Connecticut - (pdf)
Enforcing Family and Foreign Matrimonial Judgments in Connecticut - (pdf)

Legislative histories prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

Information from Connecticut Judicial Branch:

Family Publications

Family Matters Frequently Asked Questions

Legislative Reports from the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research:

Criminal Record Checks and Child Support Delinquency - 2012-R-0480

Child Custody and Support - 2011-R-0377

Various Questions on Child Support - 2010-R-0035

Child Support Enforcement Terms and Acronyms - 2010-R-0396

Child Support for Unmarried Parents - 2010-R-0377
Divorce and Child Support Questions - 2007-R-0582
Connecticut's Post-Majority Educational Support Law - 2002-R-0845

Office of the Attorney General:

Law in Plain Language: Child Support

Connecticut Department of Social Services:

Child Support A Guide to Services in Connecticut (pdf)

Connecticut Network for Legal Aid:

Library Materials

Connecticut Family Law Citations: A Reference Guide to Connecticut Family Law Decisions, by Cynthia C. George

Connecticut Family Law and Practice with Forms, by Arnold H. Rutkin

Part 9: Child Support

Friendly Divorce Guidebook for Connecticut, by Barbara Kahn Stark

Library of Connecticut Family Law Forms, by Thomas D. Colin, ed.

The above treatises are available at each of your local law libraries.

Selected Statutes:

Sec. 46b-37. (Formerly Sec. 46-10). Joint duty of spouses to support family.
Sec. 46b-56c. Educational support orders.
Sec. 46b-58. (Formerly Sec. 46-58). Custody, maintenance and education of adopted children
Sec. 46b-84. (Formerly Sec. 46-57). Parents' obligation for maintenance of minor child. Order for health insurance coverage

Click on the link below to search the full-text of the statutes: http://search.cga.state.ct.us/dtsearch_pub_statutes.html

Official Court Forms

Recent Family Law Opinions

Recent Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court Family Law Opinions
(Law Libraries' NewsLog)

Family Support Magistrate Decisions

Family Support Magistrate Decisions
(Written Decisions of the Family Support Magistrates)

U.S. Department of State's International Judicial Assistance

Useful Websites

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