Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06220 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/21/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6220
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2460
 *02460*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6220 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2460

*02460*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING JOINT CUSTODY OF A MINOR CHILD WHEN A PROTECTIVE ORDER HAS BEEN ENTERED.

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

That section 46b-56 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the entry of a no contact protective order relating to the parents of a minor child shall not, in and of itself, bar the court from ordering that such parents have joint custody of the minor child. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow the ordering of joint custody when the parents have a protective order of no contact.