Connecticut General Statutes 45a-670 – Petition for guardianship
(a) A petition for guardianship may be filed by any adult person. Any petition filed shall allege that a respondent, by reason of the severity of the respondent’s intellectual disability, is unable to meet essential requirements for the respondent’s physical health and safety and unable to make informed decisions about matters relating to the respondent’s care. Such petition shall be filed in Probate Court in the district in which the respondent resides, is domiciled or is located at the time of the filing of the petition. Such petition shall state: (1) Whether there is, in any jurisdiction, a guardian, limited guardian, or conservator for the respondent; (2) the extent of the respondent’s inability to meet essential requirements for the respondent’s physical health or safety, and the extent of the respondent’s inability to make informed decisions about matters related to the respondent’s care; (3) any other facts upon which guardianship is sought; and (4) in the case of a limited guardianship, the specific areas of protection and assistance required for the respondent.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 45a-670
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- intellectual disability: means a significant limitation in intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that originated during the developmental period before eighteen years of age. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1g
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probate: Proving a will
(b) A petition for guardianship may be filed by the parent or guardian of a minor child up to one hundred eighty days prior to the date such child attains the age of eighteen if the parent or guardian anticipates that such minor child will require a guardian upon attaining the age of eighteen. The court may grant such petition in accordance with this section, provided such order shall take effect no earlier than the date the child attains the age of eighteen.
(c) All records of cases related to guardianship under sections 45a-669 to 45a-683, inclusive, shall be confidential and shall not be open to public inspection by or disclosed to any person, except that (1) such records shall be available to (A) the parties in any such case and their counsel, (B) the Department of Developmental Services, and (C) the Office of the Probate Court Administrator; (2) if the court appoints a guardian, the names of the guardian and the protected person shall be public; and (3) the court may, after hearing with notice to the respondent, the respondent’s counsel, the guardian and the Department of Developmental Services, permit records to be disclosed for cause shown.