{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-86h","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-86h","heading":"Competency of child as witness.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 54. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 961*. TRIAL AND PROCEEDINGS AFTER CONVICTION","PART I. DISCOVERY, TRIAL AND WITNESSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_961.htm#sec_54-86h","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":"0436f425ed2bc0fb73e27281494d39b2dee83a3d3ab690d4d2dbeaaa9ea84ae5","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-86g","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-86i"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}