Sec. 51-299. Eligibility of minors for public defender services. Powers of investigation.
Sec. 51-299. Eligibility of minors for public defender services. Powers of investigation. Whenever a person requesting services pursuant to this chapter is under the
age of eighteen years eligibility for services shall be measured in terms of the financial
circumstances of such person and of his parents, guardians, or those legally responsible
for the support of said person. The commission shall be entitled to recover the reasonable
cost of legal services, as determined in accordance with the schedule of reasonable
charges for public defender services provided by the commission, from the parents,
guardians, trustees or those legally responsible for the support of such person and the
provisions of section 51-298 shall apply to said persons. In so doing, it shall have the
authority to require said parents, guardians or other such persons as well as those persons
holding property in trust or otherwise for such minor or unemancipated person to execute
and deliver to the commission or its employees any written requests or authorizations
required under applicable law or otherwise to provide the Chief Public Defender or those
serving under him with access to such records of public or private sources, otherwise
confidential, or any other information which may be relevant to the question of eligibility
or liability to the commission under this chapter.
(P.A. 74-317, S. 10, 14.)