Public Act No. 23-189 Summary

• Requires towns to provide probate court facilities meeting minimum standards including office space, furniture, equipment, telephone service, internet access, and insurance, with multi-town districts allocating costs by agreement or proportional to grand lists (effective October 1, 2023).

• Extends the timeline for the Probate Court Council to publish findings after misconduct hearings from fifteen days to thirty days following the hearing close (effective October 1, 2023).

• Allows alleged genetic parents to file parentage claims with Probate Court at any time during a child's life or within sixty days after notice, with service requirements changed from five days to at least ten days prior to hearing (effective October 1, 2023).

• Establishes that once parental rights are adjudicated or acknowledged, the genetic parent's rights transfer custody, visitation, and support disputes to Superior Court, though Probate Court may enter temporary orders pending Superior Court action.

• Expands genetic testing provisions to allow Superior Court, Probate Court, family support magistrates, and child support agencies to order testing in parentage proceedings under sections 46b-450 to 46b-553 and section 46b-571 (effective October 1, 2023).