{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-561","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-561","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 46b-161). Procedure brought prior to birth of child.","body":"In the case of any such petition brought prior to the birth of the child, no final trial on the issue of the alleged parent's parentage shall be had, except as to hearing on probable cause, until after the birth of the child. In such hearing on probable cause the court, on the day on which the defendant has been summoned to appear, shall determine whether probable cause exists, and if so, the court shall order the defendant to become bound to the complainant, with surety to appear on a date certain for final determination, or further continuance as circumstances may then require.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 818. CONNECTICUT PARENTAGE ACT AND PARENTAGE-RELATED PROVISIONS","PART II. MISCELLANEOUS PARENTAGE-RELATED PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_818.htm#sec_46b-561","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":"cbc1a7936d8ad4d20400f3986d167cb28e042df400458b24bcd56bbc585c90e9","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-560","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-562"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}