Sec. 46b-179b. Enforcement of foreign paternity judgment. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 46b-179b. Enforcement of foreign paternity judgment. Such foreign paternity judgment, on the filing with the registry maintained by Support Enforcement Services, shall become a judgment of the Family Support Magistrate Division of the Superior Court and shall be enforced and otherwise treated in the same manner as a judgment of the Family Support Magistrate Division. A foreign paternity judgment so filed shall have the same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as any like judgment of a family support magistrate of this state, provided no such judgment shall be enforced for a period of twenty days after the filing thereof.

      (P.A. 84-500, S. 3; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 60, 75; P.A. 01-91, S. 5.)

      History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 made technical changes, adding references to registry in Support Enforcement Division and judgment of family support magistrate, effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 01-91 changed "the Support Enforcement Division" to "Support Enforcement Services".

      Cited. 203 C. 380.