Sec. 46b-38dd. Persons authorized to join persons in a civil union. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 46b-38dd. Persons authorized to join persons in a civil union. (a) Persons authorized to solemnize civil unions include (1) all judges and retired judges, either elected or appointed, including federal judges and judges of other states who may legally join persons in marriage or a civil union in their jurisdictions, (2) family support magistrates, state referees and justices of the peace who are appointed in Connecticut, and (3) all ordained or licensed members of the clergy, belonging to this state or any other state, as long as they continue in the work of the ministry. All civil unions solemnized according to the forms and usages of any religious denomination in this state are valid. All civil unions attempted to be celebrated by any other person are void.

      (b) No public official legally authorized to issue civil union licenses may join persons in a civil union under authority of a license issued by such official, or such official's assistant or deputy; nor may any such assistant or deputy join persons in a civil union under authority of a license issued by such public official.

      (c) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.

      (P.A. 05-10, S. 4; P.A. 07-79, S. 7.)

      History: P.A. 07-79 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. designators (1) to (3) and revising provisions re persons authorized to solemnize civil unions within the state.