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      Sec. 46b-143. (Formerly Sec. 51-324). Notice of appeal. The clerk in charge of juvenile matters shall note the time of filing an appeal from a juvenile matter and forthwith forward to the clerk of the Appellate Court a certified copy of the appeal and order made thereon. He shall also send a copy by registered or certified mail to the Commissioner of Social Services or to the Commissioner of Children and Families, to the petitioner upon whose application the proceedings in the Superior Court were instituted, unless he is the appellant, to any person or agency having custody of any child or youth who is a subject of the proceeding, and to all other interested persons as designated in the appeal; and if the addresses of any such persons do not appear in the appeal, he shall call the matter to the attention of a judge of the Superior Court who shall make such an order of notice as he deems advisable.

      (1959, P.A. 531, S. 15; P.A. 74-251, S. 16; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-602, S. 11, 13; P.A. 76-436, S. 28, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 37, 82; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

      History: P.A. 74-251 authorized welfare commissioner's designee to receive copy of appeal; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 75-602 required that appeal copy be sent to person or agency having custody of a "youth" who is the subject of proceedings and authorized sending appeal copy to commissioner of children and youth services after April 1, 1975; P.A. 76-436 revised section to reflect transfer of juvenile court powers to superior court, thus requiring appeals to supreme, rather than superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; Sec. 17-70a temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-324 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-143 in 1979, see note to Sec. 17-70a; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 deleted reference to supreme court and substituted appellate court in lieu thereof; 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; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993.

      Annotations to former section 17-70a:

      Cited. 158 C. 439. Cited. 165 C. 435.

      Annotation to present section:

      Does not confer standing to take an appeal; clear purpose is to give notice of appeal already taken by a "party at interest". 181 C. 292.