Sec. 45a-733. (Formerly Sec. 45-63a). Procedure on application for adoption by stepparent.
Sec. 45a-733. (Formerly Sec. 45-63a). Procedure on application for adoption
by stepparent. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 45a-727, in the case of a
child sought to be adopted by a stepparent, the Court of Probate may waive all requirements of notice to the Commissioner of Children and Families and shall waive, unless
good cause is shown for an investigation and report, all requirements for investigation
and report by the Commissioner of Children and Families or by a child-placing agency.
Upon receipt of the application and agreement, the Court of Probate may set a day for
a hearing upon the agreement and shall give reasonable notice of the hearing to the
parties to the agreement and to the child, if over twelve years of age.
(b) At the hearing the court may deny the application, enter a final decree approving
the adoption if it is satisfied that the adoption is in the best interests of the child, or, for
good cause shown, order an investigation by the Commissioner of Children and Families
or a child-placing agency.
(1971, P.A. 514, S. 1; P.A. 73-156, S. 13; P.A. 74-164, S. 11, 20; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A.
79-631, S. 82, 111; P.A. 80-476, S. 153; P.A. 86-264, S. 11; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-335; P.A. 96-130, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 73-156 substituted "a child-placing agency licensed under section 17-50" for "one of the organizations
or institutions specified in section 45-16"; P.A. 74-164 deleted reference to adoption by blood relative descended from
common ancestor not more than three generations removed from the child, deleted provision allowing waiver of requirement
that copy of application and adoption agreement be sent to welfare commissioner, deleted reference to licensure of agency
under Sec. 17-50 and deleted reference to courts power to enter interlocutory decree; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with social services commissioner; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner with commissioner of human
resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-631 replaced human resources commissioner with commissioner of children
and youth services; P.A. 80-476 divided section into Subsecs. and reworded provisions; P.A. 86-264 changed age of minor
from 14 to 12 years of age; Sec. 45-63a transferred to Sec. 45a-733 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and
department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1,
1993; P.A. 93-335 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring waiver of all requirements of investigation and report unless good
cause is shown and amended Subsec. (b) by adding "for good cause shown"; P.A. 96-130 made a technical change in
Subsec. (b).
Cited. 45 CS 33.