{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-97","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-97","heading":"Custodial interference in the first degree: Class D felony.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree when he commits custodial interference in the second degree as provided in section 53a-98: (1) Under circumstances which expose the child or person taken or enticed from lawful custody or the child held after a request by the lawful custodian for his return to a risk that his safety will be endangered or his health materially impaired; or (2) by taking, enticing or detaining the child or person out of this state.\n(b) Custodial interference in the first degree is a class D felony.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART VII*. KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-97","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"c6194191511e7b2db2b53b439080d1dc62dd14d9a50eab8db953179f7e887f21","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-96","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-98"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}