Sec. 46b-212w. Pleadings and accompanying documents.
Sec. 46b-212w. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding
under sections 46b-212 to 46b-213w, inclusive, a petitioner seeking to: Establish a support order, determine paternity, or register and modify a support order of another state
must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 46b-212x, the petition or
accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address
and Social Security numbers of the obligor and the obligee, or the parent and alleged
parent, and the name, sex, residential address, Social Security number and date of birth
of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose paternity is to be determined.
Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of
any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may
include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
(b) The petition shall specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 24, 75; P.A. 07-247, S. 34.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 07-247 amended Subsec. (a) by changing "verify"
to "file" re petitioner's responsibility re petition, adding that petitioner who seeks to "register and modify support order
of another state must file" petition, requiring that petition include information re the "parent or alleged parent" of each
child for "whose benefit support is sought or whose paternity is to be determined", deleting requirement that certified copy
of any support order in effect accompany petition and requiring that petition be accompanied by a copy of any support
order "known to have been issued by another tribunal", and made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective
January 1, 2008.