Conn. Practice Book § 30a-1

(a) The judicial authority shall begin the hearing

by determining whether all necessary parties are

present, that the rules governing service or notice

for nonappearing parties have been complied

with, and shall note these facts for the record. The

judicial authority shall then inform the parties of

the substance of the petition or information.

(b) In age appropriate language, the judicial

authority prior to any plea shall advise the child

or youth and parent or guardian of the following

rights:

(1) That the child or youth is not obligated to

say anything and that anything that is said may

be used against the child or youth;

(2) That the child or youth is entitled to the

services of an attorney and that if the child or

youth and the parent or parents, or guardian are

unable to afford an attorney for the child or youth,

an application for a public defender or an attorney

appointed by the chief public defender should be

completed and filed with the Office of the Public

Defender or the clerk of the court to request an

attorney without cost;

(3) That the child or youth will not be questioned

unless they consent that the child or youth can

consult with an attorney before being ques -

tioned and may have an attorney present during

questioning, and that the child or youth can stop

answering questions at any time;

(4) That the child or youth has the right to a trial

and the rights of confrontation and cross examination of witnesses; and

(5) That the child or youth has the right to appeal

and final decision made by the court.

(c) Notwithstanding any prior statement acknowledging responsibility for the acts alleged, the judicial authority shall inquire of the child or youth

whether the child or youth presently admits or

denies the allegations of the petition or information.

(d) If the judicial authority determines that a

child or youth, or the parent, parents or guardian

of a child or youth are unable to afford counsel

for the child or youth, the judicial authority shall,

in a delinquency proceeding, appoint the Office

of the Public Defender to represent the child or

youth.

(e) If the judicial authority, even in the absence

of a request for appointment of counsel, determines that the interests of justice require the provision of an attorney to represent the child, youth

or the child’s or youth’s parent or parents, guardian or other person having control of the child or

youth, in any delinquency proceeding, the judicial

authority may appoint an attorney to represent

any such party and shall notify the chief public

defender who shall assign an attorney to repre -

sent any such party. Where, under the provisions

of this section, the court so appoints counsel for

any such party who is found able to pay, in whole

or in part, the cost thereof, the judicial authority

shall assess as costs on the appropriate form

against such parent or parents, guardian or other

person having control of the child or youth, including any agency vested with the legal custody of

the child or youth, the expense so incurred and

paid by the Public Defender Services Commission

in providing such counsel, to the extent of their

financial ability to do so in accordance with the

rates established by the Public Defender Services

Commission for compensation of counsel.