General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5223
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 596
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. ADINOLFI, 103rd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5223
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 596
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. ADINOLFI, 103rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 46b-67 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a court may enter a decree dissolving a marriage prior to the ninety-day waiting period when one of the parties to the divorce proceeding is incarcerated for a crime related to a domestic violence incident.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect victims of domestic violence by expediting a divorce proceeding when one party to the proceeding is incarcerated for a crime related to a domestic violence incident.