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November 7, 2024The statutes are current with all enactments of the 2024 Regular Session and the 2024 June Special Session. Please check the Connecticut General Assembly website to make sure there have been no changes since this time.
Statutes: Connecticut
- Title 1. Provisions of General Application
- Title 17a. Social and Human Services and Resources
- Title 21a. Consumer Protection
- Title 29. Public Safety and State Police
- Chapter 529. Division of State Police
- § 29-36f. Eligibility certificate for pistol or revolver
- § 29-36i. Revocation of eligibility certificate
- § 29-36k. Transfer, delivery or surrender of firearms by persons ineligible to possess firearms. Destruction of firearms. Penalty
- § 29-38c. Seizure of firearms of person posing risk of imminent personal injury to self or others
- Chapter 529. Division of State Police
- Title 46B. Family Law
- Chapter 815. Court proceedings in family relations matters
- Chapter 815A. Family Matters
- § 46b-15. Relief from physical abuse, stalking or pattern of threatening by family or household member. Application. Court orders. Duration. Service of application, affidavit, any ex parte order...Expedited hearing for violation of order. Other remedies
- § 46b-15a Foreign order of protection. Full faith and credit. Enforcement. Affirmative defense. Child custody provision. Registration.
- § 46b-15b. Duties of Superior Court re applicants for restraining orders in domestic violence situations.
- § 46b-15c. Powers of court in family relations matter re taking out-of-court testimony when one party is subject to a protective order, restraining order or standing criminal protective order. Videoconference hearings permitted. Oaths. Cross-examination
- § 46b-16. Petition to Superior Court for ex parte order re temporary care and custody of child when parent arrested for custodial interference. Duration of order.
- § 46b-16a. Issuance of civil protection order on behalf of person who has been victim of sexual abuse, sexual assault or stalking. Application. Hearing. Court orders. Duration. Notice. Other remedies
- Chapter 815E. Marriage
- Chapter 815J. Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment
- Part I. General Provisions
- § 46b-40. Grounds for dissolution of marriage; legal separation; annulment
- § 46b-44. Residency requirement
- § 46b-56. Orders re custody, care, education, visitation and support of children. Best interests of the child. Access to records of minor children by noncustodial parent. Orders re therapy, counseling and drug or alcohol screening
- § 46b-56a. Joint custody. Definition. Presumption. Conciliation. Parental responsibility plan. Modification of orders
- § 46b-56b. Presumption re best interest of child to be in custody of parent
- § 46b-56c. Educational Support Orders
- § 46b-56d. Relocation of parent with minor child. Burden of proof. Factors considered by court
- § 46b-56f. Emergency ex parte order of custody
- § 46b-57. Third party intervention re custody of minor children. Preference of child
- § 46b-58. Custody, maintenance and education of adopted children
- § 46b-59. Petition for right of visitation with minor child. Order for payment of fees
- § 46b-59a. Mediation of disputes re enforcement of visitation rights
- § 46b-59b. Court may not grant visitation to parent convicted of murder. Exception
- § 46b-60. Orders re children and alimony in annulment cases
- § 46b-61. Orders re children where parents live separately. Commencement of proceedings
- § 46b-62. Orders for payment of attorney's fees in certain actions
- Part III. Support of Child and Spouse. Transfer of Property.
- Part I. General Provisions
- Chapter 815P. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
- Part 1. General Provisions
- § 46b-115. Short title: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
- § 46b-115a. Definitions
- § 46b-115b. Proceedings governed by other law
- § 46b-115c. Application to Indian tribes
- § 46b-115d. International application of chapter
- § 46b-115e. Effect of child custody determination
- § 46b-115f. Priority
- § 46b-115g. Notice to persons outside state; submission to jurisdiction
- § 46b-115h. Communication between courts
- § 46b-115i. Taking testimony in another state
- § 46b-115j. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
- Part II. Jurisdiction
- § 46b-115k. Initial child custody jurisdiction
- § 46b-115l. Jurisdiction
- § 46b-115m. Modification of custody determination of another state
- § 46b-115n. Temporary emergency jurisdiction
- § 46b-115o. Notice and opportunity to be heard; joinder
- § 46b-115p. Simultaneous proceedings
- § 46b-115q. Inconvenient forum
- § 46b-115r. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct; assessment of fees and costs
- § 46b-115s. Information required by the court
- § 46b-115t. Appearance of parties and child
- Part III. Enforcement
- § 46b-115u. Definitions
- § 46b-115v. Enforcement under Hague Convention
- § 46b-115w. Registration of child custody determination
- § 46b-115x. Enforcement of child custody determination
- § 46b-115y. Temporary visitation order
- § 46b-115z. Simultaneous proceedings
- § 46b-115aa. Expedited enforcement of child custody determination
- § 46b-115bb. Service of petition and order
- § 46b-115cc. Hearing and order
- § 46b-115dd. Order to take physical custody of child
- § 46b-115ee. Costs, fees and expenses
- § 46b-115ff. Recognition and enforcement of order issued by another state
- § 46b-115gg. Appeals
- Part IV. Foreign Child Custody
- Part 1. General Provisions
- Chapter 815T. Juvenile Matters
- Title 47A. Landlord and Tenant
- Title 51. Courts
- Title 53A. Penal Code
- Chapter 950. Penal Code: General Provisions
- Chapter 952. Penal Code: Offenses
- Part I. Definition and Classification
- Part II. Sentences and Sentencing Procedure
- Part V. Assault and Related Offenses
- § 53a-59. Assault in the first degree: Class B felony: Nonsuspendable sentences
- § 53a-59a. Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the first degree: Class B felony: Five years not suspendable
- § 53a-59c. Assault of a pregnant woman resulting in termination of pregnancy: Class A felony
- § 53a-60. Assault in the second degree: Class D felony
- § 53a-60a. Assault in the second degree with a firearm: Class D or C felony: One year not suspendable
- § 53a-60b. Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the second degree: Class D felony: Two years not suspendable
- § 53a-60c. Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the second degree with a firearm: Class D felony: Three years not suspendable
- § 53a-61. Assault in the third degree: Class A misdemeanor
- § 53a-61a. Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the third degree: Class A misdemeanor: One year not suspendable
- § 53a-61aa. Threatening in the first degree: Class D or class C felony
- § 53a-62. Threatening in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor or class D felony
- § 53a-63. Reckless endangerment in the first degree: Class A misdemeanor
- § 53a-64. Reckless endangerment in the second degree: Class B misdemeanor
- § 53a-64aa. Strangulation or suffocation in the first degree: Class C felony
- § 53a-64bb. Strangulation or suffocation in the second degree: Class D felony
- § 53a-64cc. Strangulation or suffocation in the third degree: Class A misdemeanor
- Part VI. Sex Offenses
- § 53a-65. Definitions
- § 53a-70. Sexual assault in the first degree: Class B or A felony
- § 53a-70a. Aggravated sexual assault in the first degree: Class B or A felony
- § 53a-70c. Aggravated sexual assault of a minor: Class A felony
- § 53a-71. Sexual assault in the second degree: Class C or B felony
- § 53a-72a. Sexual assault in the third degree: Class D or C felony
- § 53a-72b. Sexual assault in the third degree with a firearm: Class C or B felony
- § 53a-73a. Sexual assault in the fourth degree: Class A misdemeanor or class D felony
- Part VII. Kidnapping and Related Offenses
- § 53a-91. Definitions
- § 53a-92. Kidnapping in the first degree: Class A felony
- § 53a-92a. Kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm: Class A felony
- § 53a-94. Kidnapping in the second degree: Class B felony: Three years not suspendable
- § 53a-94a. Kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm: Class B felony: Three years not suspendable
- § 53a-95. Unlawful restraint in the first degree: Class D felony
- § 53a-96. Unlawful restraint in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor
- § 53a-97. Custodial interference in the first degree: Class D felony
- § 53a-98. Custodial interference in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor
- § 53a-99. Substitution of children: Class D felony
- Part VIII. Burglary, Criminal Trespass, Arson, Criminal Mischief and Related Offenses
- § 53a-100. Definitions
- § 53a-100aa. Home invasion: Class A felony
- § 53a-101. Burglary in the first degree: Class B felony
- § 53a-102. Burglary in the second degree: Class C felony
- § 53a-103. Burglary in the third degree: Class D felony
- § 53a-107. Criminal trespass in the first degree: Class A misdemeanor
- § 53a-108. Criminal trespass in the second degree: Class B misdemeanor
- § 53a-109. Criminal trespass in the third degree: Class C misdemeanor
- Part IX. Larceny, Robbery and Related Offenses
- § 53a-119. Larceny defined
- § 53a-129a. Identity theft defined
- § 53a-129b. Identity theft in the first degree: Class B felony
- § 53a-129c. Identity theft in the second degree: Class C felony
- § 53a-129d. Identity theft in the third degree: Class D felony
- § 53a-130. Criminal impersonation: Class A misdemeanor
- Part XIII. Riot and Related Offenses
- Part XIV. Breach of the Peace, Harassment and Related Offenses(Refs & Annos)
- § 53a-181. Breach of the peace in the second degree: Class B misdemeanor
- § 53a-181c. Stalking in the first degree: Class D felony
- § 53a-181d. Stalking in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor
- § 53a-181e. Stalking in the third degree: Class B misdemeanor
- § 53a-182. Disorderly conduct: Class C misdemeanor
- § 53a-182b. Harassment in the first degree: Class D felony
- § 53a-183. Harassment in the second degree: Class C misdemeanor
- Part XVII. Tampering with Private Communications, Eavesdropping, Voyeurism and Unlawful Dissemination of Intimate Messages
- § 53a-187. Definitions. Applicability
- § 53a-188. Tampering with private communications: Class A misdemeanor
- § 53a-189. Eavesdropping: Class D felony
- § 53a-189a. Voyeurism: Class D or C felony
- § 53a-189b. Disseminating voyeuristic material: Class D felony
- § 53a-189c. Unlawful dissemination of an intimate image: Class A misdemeanor
- Part XIX. Coercion
- Part XXI. Miscellaneous Offenses
- § 53a-223. Criminal violation of a protective order: Class D or class C felony
- § 53a-223a. Criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order: Class D or class C felony
- § 53a-223b. Criminal violation of a restraining order: Class D or class C felony
- § 53a-217. Criminal possession of a firearm or electronic defense weapon: Class D felony
- § 53a-217c. Criminal possession of a pistol or revolver: Class C felony
- Rules for the Superior Court
