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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-59b: Court may not grant visitation to parent convicted of murder. Exception.

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  1. TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW
  2. CHAPTER 815j*. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, LEGAL SEPARATION AND ANNULMENT
  3. PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, no court shall make an order granting the right of visitation to a parent who has been convicted of murder under section 53a-54a, 53a-54b, 53a-54c or 53a-54d, or in any other jurisdiction, of any crime the essential elements of which are substantially the same as any of such crimes, unless the child who is the subject of the visitation order is of sufficient age to signify such child's wishes and such child assents to such order. Until any such visitation order is granted, no person shall visit, with the child present, such parent who has been convicted of murder without the consent of the child's parent, guardian or legal custodian.

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