CONNECTICUT LEGISLATION

Connecticut General Assembly (CGA)
Search current Connecticut General Statutes and much more

Connecticut Select Committee on Children 
An appointed committee within the CGA that conducts public hearings, issues reports of its findings, and originates and reports bills it deems necessary concerning children; contains a list of committee members, agendas, meeting minutes, transcripts, and more

Official Code
General Statutes of Connecticut - CGA | KFC3629 .C66 - L3 Reading Room
Contains case annotations, statutory histories, historical notes, and cross references to related statutory sections and to the Constitution of the State of Connecticut

Unofficial Code
Connecticut General Statutes Annotated - Lexis | Westlaw | KFC3630 1958 .A43 - L3 Reading Room
Contains extensive annotations, citations to Connecticut publications, and more

Official Session Laws
Public and Special Acts of Connecticut (West) - CGA | KFC3625 .P8 - L3 Reading Room
Includes the full-text of laws passed during each legislative session

Unofficial Session Laws
Connecticut Legislative Service - Westlaw | Lexis | KFC3625 .W47 - 2002 - Current - L3 Reading Room; 2001 and earlier - LES

Bills

• CGA Senate Bills and Senate Transcripts
• CGA House Bills and House Transcripts
• Bill Status Telephone Number - (860) 757-6550 - to receive the most current bill status information
• Lexis - use the CITE segment to search by bill number or search full-text
• Westlaw - use the CI field to search by bill number or search full-text

Public Acts

• Current Connecticut Public & Special Acts
  From the Connecticut State Library
• CGA
  Find the Current-year Public Acts Summary book

Legislative Publications

• Summary of Public Acts - KFC3615 .G45 - 1979 - Current - LES and L3Reading Room
• Legislative Record Index (bill status) - KFC3612 .L51 1947 - Current - LES
• Office of Legislative Research Reporter - P Ol75 - L3 Reference Desk

Various Connecticut Legislative Histories

• Guide to Connecticut Legislative History
  A brief guide explaining how to locate legislative history documents at the Connecticut State Library
• Connecticut Legislative History Research Guide
  From the University of Connecticut
• Other Connecticut Legislative Histories
  From the Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Library - includes legislative histories for: Best Interest of the Child Standard 2005, Connecticut Premarital Agreement Act, How to Compile a Connecticut Legislative History, Postmajority Child Support (Dependent Disabled and Educational Support Orders and Post Secondary Education)
• How to Compile CT Legislative Histories

COURTS, CASES & ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

State of Connecticut - Judicial Branch - Publications
Find current publications relevant to Connecticut practice in the juvenile, family, probate, civil and criminal courts

• Connecticut Practice Book - also in print:KFC4129 .A196 - L3 Reading Room
• Connecticut Code of Evidence (pdf)

Superior Court (for Juvenile Matters)

• Directory
• Standing Orders - Child Protective Docket
• Official Court Forms - Includes forms for Family, Juvenile, and Probate courts
  
• Juveniles Matter in Connecticut
  CourtCafe - Connecticut's one-stop place for information about the Superior Court Judicial District with particular emphasis on Juvenile Court Matters and child protection, child welfare and related topics; also contains news and pending legislation
  
• Mediation of Child Protective Proceedings
  CASAnet, 1999

Probate Court

• Probate Court FAQ - from the Connecticut Judicial Branch Library
• Connecticut Probate Directory
• Civil / Family Case Lookup
• Short Calendars

Case Law

• Official Reporters (all in L3 Reading Room)
  • Connecticut Reports - KFC 3645 .A2 - decisions of the CT Supreme Court
  • Connecticut Appellate Reports - KFC 3648 .A2 - decisions of the CT Appellate Court
  • Connecticut Supplement - KFC 3648 .A3- selected memoranda from Superior Court, Ct. of Common Pleas
  • Connecticut Law Journal - KFC 3636 .C66 - weekly loose-leaf providing "advance" access to above three publications
    
• Unofficial Reporters
  • Westlaw | Lexis
  • Connecticut Law Tribune - electronic access via Factiva (2001 - 6 months ago) (Click on +Source, then search for title, then Add title by clicking on the triangle, then search for document); print: last two years - Reading Room - selected decisions in Superior Ct. and Ct. of Common Pleas
  • Atlantic Reporter (West) - KF 135.A7 A812 - L5 - All decisions in Conn. beginning v. 53, Conn.Supp. beginning v.19, Conn.App., and Conn.Cir.
  • Connecticut Superior Court Reports - KFC3651.6 .S87 (1986-) - LES - full text of cases summarized in Conn. Law Tribune
  • Connecticut Law Reporter - KFC3651 .C57 (1990 - Current) - L3 Reading Room - full text of selected decisions of CT Superior Court
  • Connecticut Opinions - KFC3655 .C66 (2001 - Current) - L3 Reading Room

Administrative Agencies and Regulations

• Official Gazette (similar to Federal Register)
  Connecticut Law Journal - published weekly, includes final regs and notices of intent to adopt regulations - KFC3636 .C66 - LES (most recent issue in Reading Room)
  
• Official Regulations (similar to CFR)
  Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies (Administrative Regulations) - 18 looseleaf volumes, updated semi-annually - KFC3635 1962 .A23 - L3 Reading Room
  
• Connecticut Administrative Code
  Westlaw | Lexis
  
• Department of Children and Families (DCF)
  DCF Policy Manual and Regulations - includes, inter alia, the following chapters:
  • Administrative Hearings
  • Administrative Case Reviews
  • Child Protective Investigations
  • Child Protective Assessment and Services / Treatment
  • Voluntary Family Services - includes Probate Court review
  • Foster and Adoption Services - includes Subsidized Guardianship
  • Superior Court for Juvenile Matters - includes Probate Court

Administrative Decisions

• Connecticut Administrative Agency Decisions - Lexis
• Connecticut Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor - available onbline only beginning in 2001; J87 C8 A3 (1946 - 2001) - LSF