Sec. 45a-748. (Formerly Sec. 45-68g). Agency or department to make effort to obtain information.
Sec. 45a-748. (Formerly Sec. 45-68g). Agency or department to make effort
to obtain information. Each child-placing agency or the department shall be required
to make a reasonable effort to obtain the information provided for in section 45a-746
for each child being placed for adoption or for whom there is a probability of adoption,
but the lack of such information shall not be a bar to the granting of a decree of adoption,
provided the child-placing agency or department has made a reasonable effort to obtain
the information. If the judge of probate decides that a reasonable effort has not been
made to obtain the information or that the information is being unreasonably withheld,
the judge may order the child-placing agency or department to make a reasonable effort
to obtain the information or to release the information. Any child-placing agency or
department aggrieved by the order may appeal to the Superior Court.
(P.A. 77-246, S. 5; P.A. 80-476, S. 163; P.A. 87-555, S. 6; P.A. 96-130, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions; P.A. 87-555 deleted provision re appeal to adoption records review board
and substituted provision re appeal to superior court; Sec. 45-68g transferred to Sec. 45a-748 in 1991; P.A. 96-130 inserted
"child-placing" before "agency".