Connecticut General Statutes 46b-488 – Presumption of parentage
(a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-450 to 46b-553, inclusive, a person is presumed to be a parent of a child if:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 46b-488
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probate: Proving a will
(1) The person and the person who gave birth to the child are married to each other and the child is born during the marriage, whether the marriage is or could be declared invalid;
(2) The person and the person who gave birth to the child were married to each other and the child is born not later than three hundred days after the date on which the marriage is terminated by death, dissolution or annulment, or after a decree of separation; or
(3) The person, jointly with another parent, resided in the same household with the child and openly held out the child as the person’s own child from the time the child was born or adopted and for a period of at least two years thereafter, including any period of temporary absence.
(b) The parentage of a presumed parent under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section shall be established by a court adjudication or signing of a valid acknowledgment of parentage under sections 46b-476 to 46b-487, inclusive.
(c) A presumption of parentage under this section may be overcome only by court order under section 46b-489, and competing claims to parentage shall be resolved under section 46b-475.
(d) For presumed parents who establish parentage by signing a valid acknowledgment of parentage under sections 46b-476 to 46b-487, inclusive, the attestations provided in the acknowledgment shall fully satisfy the requirements of the presumption and no additional evidence shall be required.
(e) In a proceeding pending before the Probate Court brought under sections 45a-603 to 45a-622, inclusive, and sections 45a-715 to 45a-717, inclusive, if notice is given to a presumed parent under this section and such presumed parent’s parentage has not been established by a court adjudication or signing of a valid acknowledgment of parentage under sections 46b-476 to 46b-487, inclusive, the Probate Court shall have jurisdiction over the presumed parent’s parentage determination.
(f) In a proceeding pending before the civil session of the superior court for juvenile matters, regarding a child for whom a petition under section 46b-129 has been filed, a presumed parent under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, identified as such by an existing parent or by the child and not having established parentage by a court adjudication or signing of a valid acknowledgment of parentage under sections 46b-476 to 46b-487, inclusive, shall be given notice of the proceeding, but shall not be treated as a parent until the signing of a valid acknowledgment of parentage under sections 46b-476 to 46b-487, inclusive, or a court adjudication that the person is a parent. The juvenile court in which the petition under section 46b-129 is pending shall have jurisdiction over such person’s parentage determination and the Department of Children and Families shall have standing to request such parentage determination.