General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6085
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1423
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6085
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1423
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PARENTAL ALIENATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish an offense of parental alienation, which shall (1) consist of, but not be limited to, acts of one parent to interfere with the parent-child relationship of the other parent by means of phone or electronic communication or interference with a child visitation schedule, and (2) constitute abuse against the child for the purposes of the general statutes, except that the penalty shall be one hundred dollars for the first offense and the loss of any right to sole-custody for the second offense.
Statement of Purpose:
To establish an offense of parental alienation in order to protect a child from acts of one parent that are intended to break the emotional bond between the other parent and the child.