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  • P.A. 09-13 - An Act Implementing the Guarantee of Equal Protection Under the Constitution of the State for Same Sex Couples. [Bill Analysis]

    • To implement the decision of the Connecticut Supreme Court in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, provide for the recognition of marriages and relationships providing substantially the same rights, benefits and responsibilities entered into in another state or jurisdiction and provide for the merger of existing civil unions into marriages.
       

  • P.A. 05-10 - An Act Concerning Civil Unions

Connecticut Statutes

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Chapter 815f - Civil Unions (2009)

  • Sec. 46b-38aa. Definitions.
  • Sec. 46b-38bb. Eligibility.
  • Sec. 46b-38cc. Kindred prohibited from entering into civil union.
  • Sec. 46b-38dd. Persons authorized to join persons in a civil union.
  • Sec. 46b-38ee. Penalty for unauthorized joining of persons in a civil union.
  • Sec. 46b-38ff. Failure or refusal to join persons in a civil union.
  • Sec. 46b-38gg. License.
  • Sec. 46b-38hh. Application for License.
  • Sec. 46b-38ii. Issuance of license to person under conservatorship.
  • Sec. 46b-38jj Issuance of license to minor prohibited.
  • Sec. 46b-38kk. Civil Union Certificate. Affidavit in lieu of certificate.
  • Sec. 46b-38ll. Evidentiary weight of certificate or affidavit.
  • Sec. 46b-38mm. Validity of civil union celebrated in foreign country.
  • Sec. 46b-38nn. Equality of benefits, protections and responsibilities.
  • Sec. 46b-38oo. Applicability of statutes to civil unions and parties to a civil union.
  • Sec. 46b-38pp. Applicability of estate tax, gift tax and income tax to parties to a civil union.
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Attorney General Opinions
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  • #2005-009. Opinion Regarding Same Sex Marriages dated April 13, 2005
  • #2004-010. Opinion Regarding Same Sex Marriage dated May 17, 2004

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