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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5051
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 10
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF ALIMONY IN A FAMILY
RELATIONS MATTER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 815j of the general statutes be amended to: (1) Require 1
a court to (A) consider the tax consequences of any order entered when 2
fixing the nature and value of any property to be assigned or when 3
entering an alimony order, (B) consider the gross and net income of 4
each of the parties when fixing the nature and value of any property to 5
be assigned or when entering an alimony order, and (C) incorporate 6
the financial terms of a decree of legal separation into the decree 7
dissolving the marriage unless it would be unconscionable to do so, 8
and (2) revise the burden of proof in certain cases involving a motion 9
to modify the payment of periodic alimony when the party paying the 10
periodic alimony has retired and attained the age of sixty-five or when 11
the party receiving the periodic alimony is alleged to be living with 12
another person in a marriage-like relationship. 13
Statement of Purpose:
To adopt recommendations made by the Law Revision Commission
concerning the state's alimony statutes.