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See Also Connecticut Law About Child Custody and Visitation and Connecticut Law About Divorce

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Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut Judicial Branch:

  • Child Support - Frequently Asked Questions 

  • Child Support and Arrearage Guidelines

  • How to Change Your Child Support Order

  • What happens when you go to Family Support Magistrate Court

  • For Custodial Parent: Answers to Common Questions, JDP-FM-196

  • For Noncustodial Parent: Answers to Common Questions, JDP-FM-197

  • Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la manutenci on de los hijos

  • A Child Needs... (JDP-ES-211) - Support Enforcement Services

  • Family Publications

  • Family Matters Frequently Asked Questions

Research guides prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

  • Child Support in Connecticut

  • Foreign Matrimonial, Custody, and Support Judgments in Connecticut

  • Modification of Judgments in Family Matters

  • Motion for Contempt in Family Matters

Connecticut Department of Social Services:

  • Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)

  • A Brief Guide to Child Support Services in Connecticut

Connecticut Network for Legal Aid:

  • Questions and Answers about Child Support

  • What if the Other Parent Doesn't Obey a Court Order? How to file a Motion for Contempt

  • How To Change Your Child Support Order

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

  • Child and Education Support Age Limits - 2016-R-0234

  • Criminal Record Checks and Child Support Delinquency - 2012-R-0480

  • Child Custody and Support - 2011-R-0377

  • Various Questions on Child Support - 2010-R-0035

  • Child Support Enforcement Terms and Acronyms - 2010-R-0396

  • Child Support for Unmarried Parents - 2010-R-0377

  • Divorce and Child Support Questions - 2007-R-0582

  • Connecticut's Post-Majority Educational Support Law - 2002-R-0845

Legislative histories prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

  • Post Majority Child Support (Educational Support Orders - P.A. 02-128)

  • Post Majority Child Support (Dependent Disabled - P.A. 97-321)

  • Post Majority Child Support (Post Secondary Education P.A. 94-61)

Office of the Attorney General:

  • Law in Plain Language: Child Support

Connecticut 2-1-1:

  • Child Support in Connecticut

 

Library Materials

  • LexisNexis Practice Guide: Connecticut Family Law.

    • Chapter 7. Child Support.

  • Connecticut Family Law and Practice with Forms, by Arnold H. Rutkin

    • Part 9: Child Support

  • Library of Connecticut Family Law Forms , by Thomas D. Colin, ed.

  • Connecticut Family Law Citations: A Reference Guide to Connecticut Family Law Decisions , by Cynthia C. George

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Selected Statutes:

Chapter 815e. Marriage

  • Sec. 46b-37 . (Formerly Sec. 46-10). Joint duty of spouses to support family. Liability for purchases and certain expenses. Abandonment.

Chapter 815j. Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation and Annulment

  • Sec. 46b-56c . Educational support orders.

  • Sec. 46b-58 . (Formerly Sec. 46-58). Custody, maintenance and education of adopted children.

  • Sec. 46b-84 . (Formerly Sec. 46-57). Parents' obligation for maintenance of minor child. Order for health insurance coverage.

Chapter 816 - Support

Chapter 817. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Chapter 818. Connecticut Parentage Act

Click on the following link to search the full-text of the statutes: https://search.cga.state.ct.us/r/statute.

Official Court Forms

  • Filing a Motion for Modification

  • Filing a Motion for Contempt

Recent Family Law Opinions
  • Recent Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court Family Law Opinions
    (Law Libraries' NewsLog)

Family Support Magistrate Decisions

  • Family Support Magistrate Decisions  
    (Written Decisions of the Family Support Magistrates)

Useful Websites

  • Connecticut Child Support Calculator

  • Connecticut Child Support Payment Resource Center

  • International Judicial Assistance - Enforcement of Judgments

  • International Child Support Enforcement

 

 
 

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