Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06218 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6218
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2358
 *02358*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6218 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2358

*02358*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.

SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.

REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT OF ATTORNEYS HANDLING MATTERS THAT ARE TRANSFERRED FROM A PROBATE COURT TO THE JUVENILE COURT.

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

That chapter 887 of the general statutes be amended to ensure that appointed counsel in a case transferred from a Probate Court to the Juvenile Court is subject to oversight and training from the Division of Public Defender Services.

Statement of Purpose: 

To ensure that appointed counsel in a case transferred from a Probate Court to the Juvenile Court is subject to oversight and training from the Division of Public Defender Services.