(a) If, during the pendency of a dissolution or annulment of marriage, a spouse is pregnant, such spouse may so allege in the pleadings. The parties may in their pleadings allege and answer that the child born of the pregnancy will or will not be a child of the marriage.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 46b-45a

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.

(b) If the parties to a dissolution or annulment of marriage disagree as to the parentage of the spouse who did not give birth to the child born of the pregnancy, the court shall hold a hearing within a reasonable period after the birth of the child to determine parentage.

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