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3 | 3 | LCO No. 192 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5056 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 192 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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12 | 12 | ||
13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING FAMILY RELATIONS MATTERS ALLEGING | |
19 | 19 | CONTEMPT OF A COURT ORDER. | |
20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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23 | 23 | That section 46b-87 of the general statutes be amended to: (1) 1 | |
24 | 24 | Mandate the award of a reasonable attorney's fee to the prevailing party 2 | |
25 | 25 | in a family relations matter alleging contempt of a court order; (2) 3 | |
26 | 26 | require a person imprisoned for contempt of court to pay the costs of his 4 | |
27 | 27 | or her incarceration; (3) permit the state to bring a claim against any 5 | |
28 | 28 | person incarcerated for contempt under this section for which the state 6 | |
29 | 29 | has not been reimbursed. 7 | |
30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
31 | 31 | To provide uniformity, consistency and fairness in contempt | |
32 | 32 | proceedings held in family court. |