Connecticut Adoption Laws Page3

Adoption Laws in Connecticut Page3

Putative fathers

No, the state doesn't have a Putative Father Registry.

Registry requirements to receive notice : Statute: - §- § 46b-172a; 45a-716

• The claimant may complete the form given by the probate court.
• Any person at any time claiming to be the father may file, but not after 60 days from the date of notice of termination proceedings.
• Notice of termination proceeding is given if:
  1. The claimant has acknowledged in written about being the father.
  2. The claimant is named in the termination petition as the father of the child by the child's mother.
  3. The claimant has contributed to the child's support regularly.
  4. The claimant is the same named as the father on the child's birth certificate.
  5. The claimant has filed a claim for paternity.
  6. The claimant has been adjudicated the father.

Information in the registry or claim : Statute: - § 46b-172a

• Month and year of the birth or expected birth of the child
• The name, known address of the birth mother
• Putative father's name and address

Revocation of claim to paternity : Statute: - § 46b-172(2)

• The mother and acknowledged father have the right to rescind his acknowledgment of paternity in written form within 60 days prior to an order of support.
• On the basis of fraud, duress, or mistake acknowledgment may be challenged after 60 days only.

Who may access to registry information : Statute: - § 46b-172a

• A copy of the father's claim is sent to birth mother or prospective birth mother within 5 days.