(a)(1) The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall revise and simplify the process for filing an application for relief under § 46b-15. The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall ensure that any person seeking to file an application for relief is provided with a one-page, plain language explanation of how to apply for relief under § 46b-15.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 46b-15e

  • another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1

(2) The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall develop and make available to the public educational materials concerning the risk protection order and warrant processes set forth in § 29-38c relating to a person who poses a risk of imminent personal injury to himself or herself or to another person. The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall develop and make available to the public in hard copy and electronically on the Internet web site of the Judicial Branch a form to enable a family or household member or medical professional, each as defined in § 29-38c, to apply to have a risk protection order investigation ordered and a one-page, plain language explanation of how to apply for such order. The form shall contain questions designed to solicit information significant to a determination. The public educational materials and form shall prominently advise the applicant that a risk protection order or warrant may be sought through and with the assistance of a municipal or state police agency or a state’s attorney’s office, and of the benefits of doing so.

(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall annually collect data on (1) the number of restraining orders issued under § 46b-15 and civil protection orders issued under § 46b-16a; (2) the number of such orders that are not picked up by an applicant from the office of the clerk at the court location which issued the order; (3) the method of service of such orders in cases in which a respondent is successfully served with the order; (4) the number of requests for a police officer to be present at the time service of an order pursuant to subsection (h) of § 46b-15; and (5) the number of such orders issued that subsequently expire or are dismissed because the respondent could not be served with the order.

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