Sec. 45a-671. (Formerly Sec. 45-323). Hearing on application for guardianship. Notice.
Sec. 45a-671. (Formerly Sec. 45-323). Hearing on application for guardianship. Notice. (a) Within forty-five days of the filing of such application for guardianship
in the Court of Probate, such court shall assign a time and place for hearing such application. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 45a-7, the court may hold the hearing
on the application at a place within the state other than its usual courtroom if it would
facilitate the presence of the respondent. Such court shall cause a citation and notice to
be served upon the respondent by personal service made by a state marshal, constable
or an indifferent person not less than seven days prior to such hearing date.
(b) The court shall direct notice by first class mail to the following: (1) The parents
of the respondent, provided the parents are not the applicants; (2) the spouse of the
respondent, provided the spouse is not the applicant; (3) children of the respondent, if
any; and (4) the person in charge of the hospital, nursing home, residential facility or
other institution in which the respondent may reside.
(c) The court shall order such notice as it directs to the following: (1) The applicant;
and (2) the siblings of the respondent or their representatives, if the respondent has no
living parents, and the spouse or children of the respondent.
(d) The court in its discretion may order such notice as it directs to other persons
having an interest in the respondent.
(P.A. 82-337, S. 4; P.A. 84-294, S. 5; P.A. 86-323, S. 3; P.A. 00-99, S. 87, 154; P.A. 07-184, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 84-294 changed notice requirement from "within" to "not less than" seven days prior to hearing date;
P.A. 86-323 substituted notice by certified mail to person in charge of hospital, nursing home or other institution in which
respondent may reside in lieu of personal service and required court to notify spouse or children of the respondent; Sec.
45-323 transferred to Sec. 45a-671 in 1991; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal
in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 07-184 substituted "the filing of such application for guardianship" for
"filing such application" in Subsec. (a), substituted "first class mail" for "certified mail" in Subsec. (b), and made technical
changes.
Annotation to former section 45-323:
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 9 CA 413.
Annotation to present section:
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 230 C. 828.