General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5247
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 88
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. HETHERINGTON, 125th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5247
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 88
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. HETHERINGTON, 125th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND PROTECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN PROCEEDINGS ALLEGING CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to: (1) institute a presumption of a parent's or guardian's innocence in any proceeding alleging child abuse or neglect by the parent or guardian; (2) require the petitioner to prove a parent's or guardian's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in any proceeding alleging child abuse or neglect by the parent or guardian; (3) require the protection of a parent's or guardian's constitutional rights, as afforded to persons charged with criminal offenses, in any proceeding alleging child abuse or neglect by the parent or guardian; (4) require the dismissal from employment of any municipal or state employee found to have violated the constitutional rights of a parent or guardian in any proceeding alleging child abuse or neglect by the parent or guardian; and (5) ensure that any such municipal or state employee not receive immunity.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect parents' and guardians' constitutional rights in child abuse and neglect cases.