General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6091
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1789
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. DARGAN, 115th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6091
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1789
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. DARGAN, 115th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING COURT ACTIONS FILED TO HARASS, STALK OR BANKRUPT AN INDIVIDUAL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That title 51 of the general statutes be amended to (1) permit an individual, including, but not limited to, a victim of domestic violence or other crime, to file a written request with the Judicial Department that Judicial Department staff monitor the frequency and validity of actions filed in the Superior, Appellate and Supreme Courts against the individual in order to prevent the state courts from being used to harass, stalk or bankrupt the individual, and (2) require the judges of the Superior Court to adopt rules concerning the filing of actions by any person who has been determined to have filed an action to harass, stalk or bankrupt an individual, which rules may include, but need not be limited to, rules limiting the number of actions such person may file annually and defining the grounds upon which such actions may be filed.
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent the state judicial system from being misused and to protect victims of domestic violence and other crimes from being harassed, stalked or unjustifiably bankrupted through the courts.