Section 19a-42a - Record of acknowledgment, rescission or adjudication of paternity to be maintained in paternity registry. Disclosure of information to IV-D agency. Access to copies of acknowledgments of paternity(a) All (1) voluntary acknowledgments of parentage and rescissions of such acknowledgments executed in accordance with sections 24 to 37, inclusive, of this act, and (2) adjudications of parentage issued by a court or family support magistrate under section 19 of this act, section 46b-171, section 46b-172a , , or any other provision of the general statutes shall be filed in the parentage registry maintained by the Department of Public Health. All information in such registry shall be made available to the IV-D agency, as defined in subdivision (12) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231, for comparison with information in the state case registry established under subsection (l) of section 17b-179. The IV-D agency may disclose information in the parentage registry to an agency under cooperative agreement with the IV-D agency for child support enforcement purposes.(b) Except for the IV-D agency, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the department shall restrict access to and issuance of certified copies of acknowledgments of parentage to the following parties: (1) Parents named on the acknowledgment of parentage; (2) the person whose birth is acknowledged, if such person is eighteen years of age or older; (3) a guardian of the person whose birth is acknowledged; (4) an authorized representative of the Department of Social Services; (5) an attorney representing such person or a parent named on the acknowledgment; or (6) agents of a state or federal agency, as approved by the department.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-42a
( June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7, S. 6, 38; P.A. 04-255, S. 16; P.A. 11-219, S. 4; P.A. 18-168, S. 57.)
Amended by P.A. 21-0015,S. 97 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 1/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 18-0168, S. 57 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2018. See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.