Whenever, in any family relations matter, including appeals from the Superior Court, an investigation or evaluation has been ordered, the case shall not be disposed of until the report of the investigation or evaluation has been filed as hereinafter provided, and counsel and the parties have had a reasonable opportunity to examine it prior to the time the case is to be heard. Any report of an investigation or evaluation shall be filed with the clerk and mailed to counsel and self-represented parties of record.
(1959, P.A. 531, S. 11; P.A. 76-436, S. 96, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 96, 127; P.A. 79-431, S. 1; P.A. 14-207, S. 10; P.A. 18-177, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 76-436 deleted reference to appeals from juvenile court and made minor change in wording, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 substituted “family relations matter” for “family relations session”; P.A. 79-431 specifically included appeals from superior court, required that parties to case have reasonable opportunity to examine report, required that report be made in quadruplicate rather than in duplicate and required that it be mailed to counsel of record; Sec. 51-182k temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-338 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-7 in 1979; P.A. 14-207 deleted provision re report of investigation to be made in quadruplicate and added provision re report to be mailed to self-represented parties; P.A. 18-177 added references to evaluation and made a conforming change.
Cited. 212 C. 63.
Cited. 25 CA 262.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases, 1989–2014 · leading case:
Duve v. Duve, 594 A.2d 473 (Conn. App. Ct. 1991).
Duve v. Duve, 594 A.2d 473 (Conn. App. Ct. 1991).
· cites it 12× “, improperly issued a permanent custody change in violation of General Statutes § 46b-7 (2) the psychiatrist’s report was unscientific in nature and should not have been admitted as evidence, (3) the mother’s counsel acted in an unethical manner, (4) the trial judge acted in an…”
Payton v. Payton, 930 A.2d 802 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007).
· cites it 8× “[3] Consistent with the language of General Statutes § 46b-7, [4] Practice Book § 25-60(a) provides that if the court orders such an investigation, "the case shall not be disposed of until the report has been filed .”
Strobel v. Strobel, 808 A.2d 698 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002).
· cites it 3× “The defendant claims that the court improperly (1) considered the visitation issue without adhering to General Statutes § 46b-7, which requires advance notice of the contents of a family services evaluation, and (2) entered its custody and visitation orders without affording her…”
Perez v. Perez, 561 A.2d 907 (Conn. 1989).
“Section 46b-7 12 provides that, if such an investigation has been ordered, the trial court shall not dispose of the *77 case until the report has been filed.”
Lineberry v. Estevam, 151 Conn. App. 264 (Conn. App. Ct. 2014).
· cites it 15× “The defendant claims that the court: (1) improperly conducted a custody hearing to a final conclusion prior to the family relations report being filed in violation of General Statutes § 46b-7; (2) violated the defendant’s rights to due process of law pursuant to the equal pro-…”
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