Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05504 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/15/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5504
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 503
 *00503*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5504 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 503

*00503*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATION OF A GUARDIAN AD LITEM OR ATTORNEY FOR A MINOR CHILD APPOINTED IN A FAMILY RELATIONS MATTER.

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

That section 46b-62 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a court may not order a party to a family relations matter to pay fees to a guardian ad litem or attorney for a minor child appointed in a family relations matter, if at the time of such appointment, a party is receiving unemployment compensation.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit the court from requiring a party to pay fees to a guardian ad litem or attorney for a minor child appointed in a family relations matter when such party is receiving unemployment compensation.