The complainant shall not be required to pay or give security for the support of the defendant during his confinement in a community correctional center, nor shall such defendant be discharged from imprisonment by reason of payment or security not being made or given for his support, but the jailer shall furnish such support and may recover the cost of the same from such defendant, or, in case of his inability to pay such cost, from the town where he belongs; and, if he belongs to no town in this state, such cost shall be paid by the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-574
(Formerly Sec. 46b-177). Support of defendant while imprisoned
Known as the Connecticut Parentage Act
The act spans §§ 46–46 (114 sections).
(1949 Rev., S. 8185; 1969, P.A. 297.) History: 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”; Sec. 52-444 transferred to Sec. 46b-177 in 1979; Sec. 46b-177 tra…
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