Bindinglaw

CT · rules

Conn. Practice Book § 31a-13

Take into Custody Order

activein force · 2025-01-01 – presentact-effective-date

(a) Upon written application in a delinquency

proceeding, a take into custody order may be

issued by the judicial authority:

(1) Upon a finding of probable cause to believe

that the child or youth is responsible for (A) a

delinquent act, including violation of court orders

of probation or the failure of the child or youth

charged with a delinquent act, duly notified, to

attend a pretrial, probation or evaluation appointment, or (B) for failure to comply with any duly

warned condition of a suspended order of detention. The judicial authority also must find at the

time it issues a take into custody order that a

ground for detention pursuant to Section 30-6

exists before issuing the order;

(2) For failure to appear in court in response to

a delinquency petition or summons served in hand

or to a direct notice previously provided in court.

(b) Any application for a take into custody order

must be supported by a sworn statement alleging

facts to substantiate probable cause, and where

applicable, a petition or information charging a

delinquent act.

(c) Any child or youth detained under a take

into custody order is subject to Sections 30-1A

through 30-11.

History

(Adopted June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003; amended June 30, 2008, to take effect Jan. 1, 2009; amended June 23, 2017, to take effect Jan. 1, 2018; amended June 14, 2024, to take effect Jan. 1, 2025.)

Provenance

Source
jud.ct.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Edition
2026-09-15
Content hash
9d4711b1c46d73a982626ed7068b018d422a3404a574d1fd368811720267558a
View the official source →

The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.

Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.

Coverage · API docs

Bindinglaw

Point-in-time US law with the receipt attached. Source URL, retrieval time, content hash, and validity dates on every answer.

curl api.binding.law/v1/law/coverage

© 2026 binding.law · a Jubal, Inc. productAttorneys and firms never pay. Ever.
Conn. Practice Book § 31a-13 — Take into Custody Order · binding.law