The General Assembly finds that:
(1) The best interests of a child are promoted by having persons in the child's life who manifest a deep concern for the child's growth and development;
(2) The best interests of a child are promoted when a child has as many persons loving and caring for the child as possible; and
(3) The best interests of a child are promoted when the child is part of a loving, supportive and stable family, whether that family is a nuclear, extended, split, blended, single parent, adoptive or foster family.
(P.A. 00-228, S. 1; P.A. 09-13, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 09-13 deleted former Subdiv. (4) that provided “It is further found that the current public policy of the state of Connecticut is now limited to a marriage between a man and a woman”, effective April 23, 2009.
Notes of Decisions
Kerrigan v. Comm'r of Pub. Health, 957 A.2d 407 (Conn. 2008).
· cites it 38× “, General Statutes § 45a-727 (permitting same sex couples to adopt children); see also General Statutes § 45a-727a (3) (finding of General Assembly that best interests of child are promoted whenever child is part of "loving, supportive and stable family" without reference to…”
Rosengarten v. Downes, 802 A.2d 170 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002).
· cites it 13× “” In support of this conclusion, the court relied on General Statutes § 45a-727a (4), which provides that “the current public policy of the state of Connecticut is now limited to a marriage between a man and a woman.”
Lewis v. Harris, 908 A.2d 196 (N.J. 2006).
“§ 14-2-104 ; Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-727a; Del. Code Ann.”
Conaway v. Deane, 932 A.2d 571 (Md. 2007).
“§ 14-2-104; Conn. Gen.Stat. § 45a-727a; Del.Code Ann.”
Kerrigan v. Comm'r of Pub. Health, 909 A.2d 89 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2006).
· cites it 4× “The public act declined to further define the rights and responsibilities of the coparents to one another; see General Statutes § 45a-727b; recognizing that opposite sex marriage (and the absence of any provision for a civil union) was then the “current” *650 public policy of…”
Mueller v. Tepler (Conn. 2014).
· cites it 2× “00- 228, codified as amended at General Statutes § 45a-727a (3). Accordingly, we conclude that the societal needs and expectations in this state regarding same sex relationships that underlay this court’s decision in Kerrigan emerged no later than the societal changes discussed…”
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