Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions - Connecticut

Date: January 2022

Jurisdiction

Citation: Ann. Stat. § 45a-727

An application for adoption must be filed in a court of probate.

Venue

Citation: Ann. Stat. § 45a-727(a)(4)

The application for adoption shall be filed in the probate court for the district where the adopting parent resides or in the district where the main office or any local office of the statutory parent is located.