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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) All (1) voluntary acknowledgments of parentage and rescissions of such acknowledgments executed in accordance with sections 46b-476 to 46b-489, inclusive, and (2) adjudications of parentage issued by a court or family support magistrate under section 46b-471, section 46b-569, section 46b-571 or any other provision of the general statutes shall be filed in the parentage registry maintained by the Department of Public Health. All information in such registry shall be made available to the IV-D agency, as defined in subdivision (12) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231, for comparison with information in the state case registry established under subsection (l) of section 17b-179. The IV-D agency may disclose information in the parentage registry to an agency under cooperative agreement with the IV-D agency for child support enforcement purposes.
(b) Except for the IV-D agency, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the department shall restrict access to and issuance of certified copies of acknowledgments of parentage to the following parties: (1) Parents named on the acknowledgment of parentage; (2) the person whose birth is acknowledged, if such person is eighteen years of age or older; (3) a guardian of the person whose birth is acknowledged; (4) an authorized representative of the Department of Social Services; (5) an attorney representing such person or a parent named on the acknowledgment; or (6) agents of a state or federal agency, as approved by the department.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 19A. Public Health and Well-Being § 19a-42a. Record of acknowledgment, rescission or adjudication of parentage to be maintained in parentage registry. Disclosure of information to IV-D agency. Access to copies of acknowledgments of parentage - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-19a-public-health-and-well-being/ct-gen-st-sect-19a-42a/
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