Section 46b-3 - (Formerly Sec. 51-332). Domestic relations officers and other employees(a) The Chief Court Administrator shall appoint such family relations personnel as the Chief Court Administrator deems necessary for the proper operation of the family relations sessions. The salaries and duties of such officers shall be determined by the judges of the Supreme Court in accordance with the compensation plan established under section 51-12. For the purposes of any investigation or pretrial conference the judge presiding at any family relations session may employ the services of any probation officer, including those under the direction of Adult Probation Services, physician, psychologist, psychiatrist or family counselor. The Chief Court Administrator may assign, reassign and modify the assignments of such family relations personnel as such administrator deems necessary to be in the best interest of the disposition of family relations matters. (b) Family relations personnel are authorized to collect fees in accordance with the provisions of section 52-259.(1959, P.A. 531, S. 5; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 92, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 93, 127; P.A. 79-585, S. 7, 15; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-6, S. 3, 4; P.A. 82-325, S. 5-7.)
Amended by P.A. 24-0108,S. 4 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 6/4/2024.Amended by P.A. 22-0026, S. 61 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 5/10/2022. There is no authority for domestic relations officers to resolve differences by rendering a decision concerning property distribution. 180 C. 528 . Cited. 224 C. 776 . Cited. 2 CA 472 ; 25 CA 693 . Nothing in section and Sec. 46b-6 authorizes court to order parties in a custody battle to undergo postjudgment psychiatric therapy or other counseling since those provisions apply to pending family matters and trial court improperly ordered a postjudgment psychological evaluation and postjudgment counseling. 61 CA 175 .
See Sec. 51-1d re transfer of duties of Family Division to Court Support Services Division.