Connecticut Adoption Laws, Page 5

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Putative Fathers

Does State have a Putative Father Registry:

Registry/Paternity Requirements to Receive Notice

Statute: §§ 46b-172a; 45a-716

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• Any person claiming to be the father may file at any time, but no later than 60 days after the date of notice of termination proceedings.
  
• The claimant may complete a form provided by the probate court.

• Notice of termination proceeding is given if the claimant:
  
  • Has been adjudicated the father
    
  • Has acknowledged in writing to be the father
    
  • Has contributed regularly to the child's support
    
  • Is named as the father on the child's birth certificate
    
  • Has filed a claim for paternity
    
  • Is named in the termination petition as the father of the child by the mother

Information Contained in Registry/Claim

Statute: § 46b-172a

• Name and address of the putative father
  
• The name and last-known address of the birth mother
  
• Month and year of the birth or expected birth of the child

Revocation of Claim to Paternity

Statute: § 46b-172(2)

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

Access to Information Maintained in Registry

Statute: § 46b-172a

• Within 5 days, a copy of the father's claim is sent to birth mother or prospective birth mother.
  

Credits: Child Welfare Information Gateway (http://www.childwelfare.gov)

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