Any parents whose child has been supported by the Commissioner of Children and Families for at least three years immediately preceding such child's eighteenth birthday shall not be entitled to such child's earnings or services during such child's minority.
(1949 Rev., S. 2825; 1955, S. 1473d; February, 1965, P.A. 488, S. 10; P.A. 74-251, S. 8; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 79-631, S. 64, 111; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1965 act deleted children supported by temporary homes from application of statute; P.A. 74-251 included commissioner of children and youth services; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-631 deleted reference to commissioner of human resources; Sec. 17-43 transferred to Sec. 17a-111 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.
See Sec. 46b-219 re absence of liability for person to support a deserting parent.
Annotations to former section 17-43:
Parent cannot dictate as to religious instruction of child committed to county home; habeas corpus denied. 61 C. 263. Section, together with former adoption statute, constituted board of management of county home legal guardians of children. 110 C. 467.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 26 CA 58.