Sec. 46b-3. (Formerly Sec. 51-332). Domestic relations officers and other employees.
Sec. 46b-3. (Formerly Sec. 51-332). Domestic relations officers and other employees. (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint such domestic relations
officers and other personnel as they deem necessary for the proper operation of the
family relations sessions. The salaries and duties of such officers shall be determined
by the judges in accordance with the compensation plan established under section 51-12. For the purposes of any investigation or pretrial conference the judge presiding at
any family relations session may employ the services of any probation officer, including
those under the direction of the Office of Adult Probation, physician, psychologist,
psychiatrist or family counselor. Each person serving on July 1, 1978, in the Court of
Common Pleas appointed under the provisions of section 51-156c, revised to 1975, shall
continue to serve in the Superior Court. In no event shall the compensation of such
person be affected solely as a result of the transfer of jurisdiction provided in section
51-164s. The Chief Court Administrator may assign, reassign and modify the assignments of such family relations personnel as he deems necessary to be in the best interest
of the disposition of family relations matters. Such family relations personnel shall also
be available to assist the courts of probate in cases involving judicial consent to marriage
of a minor.
(b) Family relations personnel are authorized to collect fees in accordance with the
provisions of section 52-259.
(1959, P.A. 531, S. 5; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 92, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 93, 127; P.A. 79-585, S. 7, 15; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A.
81-6, S. 3, 4; P.A. 82-325, S. 5-7.)
History: P.A. 76-436 added reference to compensation plan under Sec. 51-12 and provisions re effect of transfer of
common pleas court personnel to superior courts on compensation and re assignment and reassignment decisions of chief
court administrator, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted requirement that persons reassigned shall finish term of
appointment at compensation received while serving in common pleas court; P.A. 79-585 replaced commission on adult
probation with office of adult probation; Sec. 51-182e temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-332 and ultimately transferred
to Sec. 46b-3 in 1979, see note to Sec. 51-182e; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-6 added Subsec. (b) authorizing family relations
personnel to collect fees under Secs. 17-31i and 52-259; P.A. 82-325 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting the authorization
to collect fees in accordance with the provisions of "section 17-31i."
See Sec. 51-1d re transfer of duties of Family Division to Court Support Services Division.
There is no authority for domestic relations officers to resolve differences by rendering a decision concerning property
distribution. 180 C. 528. Cited. 224 C. 776.
Cited. 2 CA 472. Cited. 25 CA 693. Nothing in section and Sec. 46b-6 authorizes court to order parties in a custody
battle to undergo postjudgment psychiatric therapy or other counseling since those provisions apply to pending family
matters and trial court improperly ordered a postjudgment psychological evaluation and postjudgment counseling. 61
CA 175.