{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-98","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-98","heading":"Custodial interference in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of custodial interference in the second degree when: (1) Being a relative of a child who is less than sixteen years old and intending to hold such child permanently or for a protracted period and knowing that he has no legal right to do so, he takes or entices such child from his lawful custodian; (2) knowing that he has no legal right to do so, he takes or entices from lawful custody any incompetent person or any person entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or institution; or (3) knowing that he has no legal right to do so, he holds, keeps or otherwise refuses to return a child who is less than sixteen years old to such child's lawful custodian after a request by such custodian for the return of such child.\n(b) Custodial interference in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.","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-98","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":"21b436d05a01779af7f1561d06ae5853123f438acf6c2a8c0d70cff614d41bf1","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-97","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-99"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}