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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5247 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 88 | |
| 3 | 3 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 4 | 4 | Introduced by: | |
| 5 | 5 | REP. HETHERINGTON, 125th Dist. | |
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| 7 | 7 | General Assembly | |
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Proposed Bill No. 5247 | |
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| 11 | 11 | January Session, 2011 | |
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| 13 | 13 | LCO No. 88 | |
| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Introduced by: | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | REP. HETHERINGTON, 125th Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND PROTECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN PROCEEDINGS ALLEGING CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. | |
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| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | 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. | |
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| 27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 29 | 29 | To protect parents' and guardians' constitutional rights in child abuse and neglect cases. |