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Section 52-251d – Attorney’s fees in action to establish paternity or establish, modify or enforce child support orders in temporary family assistance cases

May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Connecticut

(a) In any civil action to establish paternity or to establish, modify or enforce child support orders in temporary family assistance cases pursuant to sections 17b-745, 46b-86, 46b-160, 46b-171, 46b-172, 46b-215 and 46b-231, the court may allow the state, when it is the prevailing party, a reasonable attorney’s fee.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be deemed:

(1) To create a new cause of action against any individual; or
(2) to confer any new jurisdiction upon the Superior Court in any action against any individual.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 52-251d

( P.A. 92-253, S. 9; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 70, 75; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 109, 165; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7, S. 27, 38; P.A. 11-214, S. 30.)

Amended by P.A. 11-0214, S. 30 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2011.