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      Sec. 4a-17. (Formerly Sec. 4-68f). Service of process on mentally ill or mentally deficient persons. In any action or proceeding in any court to which any person confined by order of any court, or as provided by section 17a-502 or 17a-506 in any institution for persons with psychiatric disabilities in this state is a party or which affects or relates to the property rights of any such person, a copy of all process, notices and documents required to be served upon such confined person either personally or at such confined person's abode or by mail shall be sent by registered or certified mail to such confined person at the institution where such person is confined and to the Commissioner of Administrative Services at Hartford, another copy thereof shall be so mailed to the superintendent of the institution where such person is confined or left with the superintendent or the superintendent's representative at his or her office, and another copy thereof so served upon the superintendent of such institution or the superintendent's representative, for such confined person, which shall be equivalent to and constitute service thereof at the usual place of abode of such confined person whether he or she then has another usual place of abode or not; and as soon thereafter as practical and reasonable, such superintendent or such superintendent's representative shall deliver such copy to such confined person. Whenever service or notice is required by publication only, two copies thereof shall be sent to the superintendent of the institution by registered or certified mail, and one copy shall also be so mailed to the Commissioner of Administrative Services at Hartford; and such superintendent or such superintendent's representative shall deliver one copy thereof to the confined person as soon as practical and reasonable. No action or proceeding shall abate because of any failure to comply with the provisions of this section, but the court before whom any such action or proceeding is pending shall, upon finding noncompliance with any of said provisions, order immediate compliance with said provisions.

      (1949, Rev., S. 2677; 1955, S. 1508d; 1957, P.A. 637; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 16; 897; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 07-148, S. 1.)

      History: 1967 acts replaced welfare commissioner and department with commissioner of finance and control and added reference to confinement as provided by Sec. 17-183; section transferred from Sec. 17-20 to Sec. 4-68f in 1975; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 4-68f transferred to Sec. 4a-17 in 1989; P.A. 07-148 made technical changes, added reference to Sec. 17a-506, replaced "institution for the mentally ill or mentally deficient" with "institution for persons with psychiatric disabilities" and required copies of all process, notices and documents that would otherwise be served personally on or mailed to the home of a person committed to such institution to be mailed directly to the person at the institution.