Conn. Practice Book § 30a-5

(a) The dispositional hearing may follow immediately upon an adjudication.

(b) The judicial authority may admit into evi -

dence any testimony that is considered relevant

to the issue of the disposition, in any form the

judicial authority finds of probative value, but no

disposition shall be made by the judicial authority

until the predispositional study, unless waived,

has been submitted. A written predispositional

study may be waived by the judicial authority for

good cause shown upon the request of the parties,

provided that the basis for the waiver and the

probation officer’s oral summary of any investigation are both placed on the record. The predispositional study shall be presented to the judicial

authority and copies thereof shall be provided to

all counsel in sufficient time for them to prepare

adequately for the dispositional hearing, and, in

any event, no less than forty-eight hours prior to

the date of the disposition.

(c) No disposition for probation supervision with

residential placement in either a secure or staff-secure facility shall be made by the court until the

written predispositional study and service memorandum have been submitted and reviewed by

the judicial authority and a finding has been made

by the judicial authority that (1) such placement

is indicated by the child’s or youth’s clinical and

behavioral needs or (2) the level of risk the child

or youth poses to public safety cannot be managed in a less restrictive setting. The written predispositional study and service memorandum

shall be presented to the judicial authority, and

copies thereof shall be provided to all counsel

in sufficient time to prepare adequately for the

dispositional hearing.

(d) In cases in which the disposition is probation

supervision with residential placement, the child’s

or youth’s length of stay in a residential facility

shall be dependent on the child’s or youth’s treatment progress and attainment of treatment goals,

for an indeterminate period not to exceed eighteen

months, exclusive of any request made for an

extension of probation.

(e) The prosecutor, the attorney for the child or

youth, the child or youth, and parent or guardian

for the child or youth shall have the right to produce witnesses and evidence, including an inde -

pendent evaluation, on behalf of any dispositional

plan they may wish to offer.

(f) Prior to any disposition, the child or youth

shall be allowed a reasonable opportunity to make

a personal statement to the judicial authority in

mitigation of any disposition.

(g) The judicial authority shall determine an

appropriate disposition upon adjudication of a

child or youth as delinquent in accordance with

General Statutes § 46b-140.