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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 334 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5054 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 334 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. GONZALEZ, 3 | |
| 15 | 15 | rd Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE COMMITTED | |
| 22 | 22 | BY A GUARDIAN AD LITEM IN A FAMILY RELATIONS PROCEEDING. | |
| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 24 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 26 | 26 | That chapter 815j of the general statutes be amended to provide that: 1 | |
| 27 | 27 | (1) Any person, aggrieved by the professional malpractice of a guardian 2 | |
| 28 | 28 | ad litem appointed in a family relations matter, may bring a civil action 3 | |
| 29 | 29 | seeking appropriate relief, including equitable relief, damages or both 4 | |
| 30 | 30 | in the superior court for the judicial district in which such guardian ad 5 | |
| 31 | 31 | litem was appointed, and (2) a guardian ad litem named as a defendant 6 | |
| 32 | 32 | in a professional malpractice action shall not be entitled to raise a 7 | |
| 33 | 33 | defense of qualified or absolute immunity in such action. 8 | |
| 34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 35 | 35 | To: (1) Ensure that parents, guardians and others aggrieved by the | |
| 36 | 36 | professional malpractice of a guardian ad litem appointed in a family | |
| 37 | 37 | relations matter have the ability to bring a civil malpractice action | |
| 38 | 38 | against such guardian ad litem, and (2) abolish qualified or absolute | |
| 39 | 39 | immunity as a defense that may be raised by a guardian ad litem in a | |
| 40 | 40 | professional malpractice action. |