{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-732","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-732","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 45-62). Husband and wife to join in adoption.","body":"A married person shall not adopt a child unless both husband and wife join in the adoption agreement, except that the Court of Probate may approve an adoption agreement by either of them upon finding that there is sufficient reason why the other should not join in the agreement.","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-732","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":"4550b2a6910da22584494a4ed0e2822fa848de0bb35741c950627ac49a81c5d5","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-731a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-45a-733"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}