{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-471","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-471","heading":"Establishment of parent-child relationship.","body":"A parent-child relationship is established between a person and a child if:\n(1) The person gives birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive;\n(2) There is a presumption under subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 46b-488 of the person's parentage of the child, unless the presumption is overcome in a judicial proceeding;\n(3) There is a presumption under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 46b-488, and the person is adjudicated a parent of the child or acknowledges parentage of the child under sections 46b-476 to 46b-487, inclusive;\n(4) The person is adjudicated a parent of the child under section 46b-490;\n(5) The person is adjudicated a parent of the child under sections 46b-495 to 46b-505, inclusive;\n(6) The person adopts the child;\n(7) The person acknowledges parentage of the child under sections 46b-476 to 46b-487, inclusive, unless the acknowledgment is rescinded under section 46b-482 or successfully challenged under section 46b-483;\n(8) The person's parentage of the child is established under sections 46b-509 to 46b-517, inclusive;\n(9) The person's parentage of the child is established under sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive; or\n(10) The court is deemed to have made an adjudication of parentage pursuant to subsection (b) of section 46b-468.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 818. CONNECTICUT PARENTAGE ACT AND PARENTAGE-RELATED PROVISIONS","PART I. CONNECTICUT PARENTAGE ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_818.htm#sec_46b-471","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":"a3318ac4cc902d6de6cbeeaeb46d15f997efeeda8ec978b65bc10f1dadb6eef2","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-470","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-472"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}