Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05123 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/07/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5123
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 252
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. STANESKI, 119th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5123 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 252

*00252*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. STANESKI, 119th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A PARENT'S OBLIGATION FOR SUPPORT OF A CHILD WHO IS ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That sections 46b-56c and 46b-84 of the general statutes be amended to provide that if there is an unmarried child of the marriage who has attained the age of eighteen and is enrolled in an institution of higher education, the parents of such child shall financially maintain the child according to their respective abilities until the child completes the program of higher education or attains the age of twenty-two, whichever occurs first.

Statement of Purpose: 

To increase the age of child support for a child enrolled in an institution of higher education.