Connecticut § 46b-577 (Formerly Sec. 46b-179a). Registry of foreign parentage judgments. Filing of certified copy and certification of final judgment.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 46b-577 — (Formerly Sec. 46b-179a). Registry of foreign parentage judgments. Filing of certified copy and certification of final judgment.

Connecticut § 46b-577

Title 46bFamily Law

Ch. 818Connecticut Parentage Act and Parentage-Related Provisions

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-577 (2026).

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(a)Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court shall maintain a registry in the Family Support Magistrate Division of parentage judgments from other states. Any party to an action in which a parentage judgment from another state was rendered may register the foreign parentage judgment in the registry maintained by Support Enforcement Services without payment of a filing fee or other cost to the party.

(b)The party shall file a certified copy of the foreign parentage judgment and a certification that such judgment is final and has not been modified, altered, amended, set aside or vacated and that the enforcement of such judgment has not been stayed or suspended. Such certificate shall set forth the full name and last-known address of the other party to the judgment.

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(a) Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court shall maintain a registry in the Family Support Magistrate Division of parentage judgments from other states. Any party to an action in which a parentage judgment from another state was rendered may register the foreign parentage judgment in the registry maintained by Support Enforcement Services without payment of a filing fee or other cost to the party. (b) The party shall file a certified copy of the foreign parentage judgment and a certification that such judgment is final and has not been modified, altered, amended, set aside or vacated and that the enforcement of such judgment has not been stayed or suspended. Such certificate shall set forth the full name and last-known address of the other party to the judgment.

Legislative History

(P.A. 84-500, S. 2; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 59, 75; P.A. 01-91, S. 4; P.A. 21-15, S. 130.) History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “court” to “Support Enforcement Division of the Superior Court” and by adding provisions re registry to be maintained in the Family Magistrate Division for foreign paternity judgments, effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 01-91 changed “the Support Enforcement Division” to “Support Enforcement Services” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 21-15 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing “paternity” with “parentage”, effective January 1, 2022; Sec. 46b-179a transferred to Sec. 46b-577 in 2023. Annotation to former section 46b-179a: Cited. 203 C. 380.