Connecticut

Civil Unions

Civil Unions will go into effect October 2005. 

CU Bill Text

Statute Law

C.G.S.A. § 46B-21. Kindred who may not marry

No man may marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, niece, stepmother or stepdaughter, and no woman may marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, brother, uncle, nephew, stepfather or stepson. Any marriage within these degrees is void.

C.G.S.A. § 45a-727a. State policy re best interests of child; public policy re marriage.

The General Assembly finds that:

(1) The best interests of a child are promoted by having persons in the child's life who manifest a deep concern for the child's growth and development;

(2) The best interests of a child are promoted when a child has as many persons loving and caring for the child as possible;

(3) The best interests of a child are promoted when the child is part of a loving, supportive and stable family, whether that family is a nuclear, extended, split, blended, single parent, adoptive or foster family; and

(4) It is further found that the current public policy of the state of Connecticut is now limited to a marriage between a man and a woman.

Cases

Kerrigan and Mock v. Conneticuit Department of Public Health

GLAD and the ACLU filed a same-sex marriage suit in Conneticuit.  Conneticuit does not have a DOMA.

Trial Court
Complaint  (August 25, 2004)

Rosengarten v. Downes

Trial Court
Complaint
Judgement
Memorandum of Decisions

Appeals Court

Court of Appeals Opinion

Supreme Court

Petition for Certification
Order Granting Certification
Order Dismissing Case as Moot

Websites:

Government Website
Family Institute of Connecticut