(a) The Superior Court or family support magistrate, when transacting business, shall be attended by such judicial marshals or by such constables, and by such messengers as the Chief Court Administrator or said administrator's designee may authorize.

(b) When the court is hearing juvenile matters, no person may be allowed in the room except as permitted by the presiding judge in accordance with section 46b-122.

(1949 Rev., S. 7708; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 81; P.A. 74-183, S. 23, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 56, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 72, 126, 127; 78-331, S. 54, 58; 78-379, S. 3, 27; P.A. 79-347; P.A. 80-394, S. 11, 13; P.A. 82-248, S. 15; P.A. 89-360, S. 18, 45; P.A. 00-99, S. 104, 154; P.A. 01-195, S. 51, 181.)

History: 1959 act added provision re attendance of special deputy sheriffs, constables, etc. at circuit court sessions; P.A. 74-183 revised provisions to apply to superior court and court of common pleas rather than to circuit court, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed court of common pleas from purview of section, that court having been abolished, and replaced chief judge with chief court administrator, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 made minor change in wording and later repealed section; P.A. 78-331 amended repeal section of P.A. 78-280 to restore this section's existence; P.A. 78-379 added provisions specifically applicable to hearing of juvenile matters; P.A. 79-347 deleted exception re juvenile matters in provision requiring attendance of sheriff, deputies, constables, etc.; P.A. 80-394 specified that attendance of deputies and constables is authorized by sheriff rather than by chief court administrator or his designee as was previously the case; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change; P.A. 89-360 added reference to family support magistrates; P.A. 00-99 replaced references to sheriff of the county and deputies or special deputies with judicial marshals in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 11, 2001.