General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 671
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1987
*01987*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 671
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1987
*01987*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING A PERSON FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER BY REASON OF A MENTAL DEFECT FROM INHERITING FROM THE HOMICIDE VICTIM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 45a-447 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a person found not guilty of murder or manslaughter by reason of a mental defect shall not be entitled to receive an inheritance from the homicide victim.
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent a person found not guilty of murder or manslaughter by reason of a mental defect from inheriting from the homicide victim.