{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-139","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-139","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 51-320). Expert medical witnesses; interpreter.","body":"(a) When any licensed physician or certified or licensed psychologist is summoned to give expert testimony in any juvenile matter, the court shall determine a reasonable fee to be paid to such physician or psychologist in lieu of all other witness fees payable to such physician or psychologist.\n(b) Any judge of the Superior Court hearing a juvenile matter may call in a competent interpreter to interpret the evidence in any such hearing and each interpreter so necessarily employed shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Judicial Department.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 815t*. JUVENILE MATTERS","PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_815t.htm#sec_46b-139","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"fd7b6b2d854152ce10999ac9271bae256e48f59f9e928ecd0522380ab05300bf","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-138b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}