Sec. 45a-131. (Formerly Sec. 45-16b). Participation of employees of certain state agencies in proceedings.
Sec. 45a-131. (Formerly Sec. 45-16b). Participation of employees of certain
state agencies in proceedings. In any proceeding in the Probate Court in which the
state is interested through the Department of Social Services, the Department of Administrative Services or the Department of Veterans' Affairs, any employee of any such
department shall be permitted to participate fully in the proceeding in the same manner
as any other interested party before the court. The judge of the court shall not require
that the state be represented by an attorney-at-law as a condition of participation.
(1969, P.A. 260; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 69, 70, 521, 610; P.A. 79-560, S. 15, 39; P.A. 80-476, S. 64;
P.A. 93-262, S. 63, 87; P.A. 97-144, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced department
of finance and control with department of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced department of
social services with departments of income maintenance and human resources; P.A. 79-560 made technical corrections;
P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions; Sec. 45-16b transferred to Sec. 45a-131 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 changed reference to
departments of income maintenance and human resources to department of social services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A.
97-144 added Department of Veterans' Affairs to agencies which may participate in certain Probate Court proceedings.
State must merely be an interested party; no delineation of such interest is required. 47 CS 42.