{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-728","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-728","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 45-63b). Regulations re adoption placement of children identified or located by prospective parents.","body":"The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 concerning adoption placement of children who have been identified or located by prospective adoptive parents. Such regulations shall provide that for adoptions involving an identified expectant mother, counseling of the birth mother shall be required within seventy-two hours of birth of the child, or as soon as medically possible after the birth, and that permissible payment of expenses for birth parent counseling shall include the cost of transportation. Such counseling may be provided by a person with a master's or doctoral degree in counseling, psychology or related mental health disciplines from an accredited college or university.","path":["TITLE 45a. PROBATE COURTS AND PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 803*. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND ADOPTION","PART III*. ADOPTION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_803.htm#sec_45a-728","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"c9afb0458da3fc104ce872b310201ed37ccb72b414b550d7b92baf08b3ea6c59","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-727b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-728a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}