Connecticut Law About Child Support

Connecticut Law About Child Support
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See Also Connecticut Law About Child Custody and Visitation and Connecticut Law About Divorce

Research Guides and Other Information

Connecticut General Statutes

Information from Connecticut Judicial Branch:

Connecticut Department of Social Services:

Research guides prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

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

Connecticut Network for Legal Aid:

Legislative Reports from the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research:

Child and Education Support Age Limits - 2016-R-0234

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

Legislative histories prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

Office of the Attorney General:

Law in Plain Language: Child Support

Connecticut 2-1-1:

Child Support in Connecticut

Library Materials

LexisNexis Practice Guide: Connecticut Family Law.

Chapter 7. Child Support.

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

Part 9: Child Support

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

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

Available at all Connecticut Judicial Branch law libraries.

Selected Statutes:

Chapter 815e - Marriage

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

Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

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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