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. § 54-86h: Competency of child as witness.

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TITLE 54. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 961*. TRIAL AND PROCEEDINGS AFTER CONVICTION
PART I. DISCOVERY, TRIAL AND WITNESSES

No witness shall be automatically adjudged incompetent to testify because of age and any child who is a victim of assault, sexual assault or abuse shall be competent to testify without prior qualification. The weight to be given the evidence and the credibility of the witness shall be for the determination of the trier of fact.

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