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Connecticut | Duties of Child Protective Services in Domestic Violence Cases

Statute(s)

  • § 17a-106b § 17a-101g

Official Law Text

			    			The state of Connecticut finds that family violence can result in abuse and neglect of the children living in the household where such violence occurs and that the prevention of child abuse and neglect depends on coordination of domestic violence and child protective services. The Commissioner of Children and Families may consider the existence and the impact of family violence in any child abuse investigation and may assist family members in obtaining protection from family violence. Upon receiving a report of child abuse or neglect, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall cause the report to be classified and evaluated immediately. If the report contains sufficient information to warrant an investigation, the commissioner shall make the commissioner's best efforts to commence an investigation of a report concerning an imminent risk of physical harm to a child or other emergency. The investigation shall include a home visit and shall be in writing. The investigation shall also include, but not be limited to, a review of criminal conviction information concerning the person or persons alleged to be responsible for such abuse or neglect and previous allegations of abuse or neglect relating to the child or other children residing in the household or relating to family violence. The commissioner may establish a program of differential response to reports of child abuse and neglect whereby the report may be referred to appropriate community providers for family assessment and services without an investigation or at any time during an investigation, provided there has been an initial safety assessment of the circumstances of a family and child and criminal background checks have been performed on all adults involved in the report.
			    			

Connecticut | Domestic Violence and Military Deployment

Statute(s)

  • § 46b-56e

Official Law Text

			    			If a parent is a member of the armed forces, has sole or joint custody of a child or court ordered visitation, parental access or parenting time and receives notice from military leadership that he or she will deploy or mobilize in the near future and will be required to be separated from such child due to such deployment or mobilization, then upon motion of such deploying parent or the nondeploying parent, a court may enter temporary orders of custody or visitation modifying final orders of custody or visitation during the period of such deployment or mobilization if: (1) The deployment or mobilization would have a material effect upon the deploying parent's ability to exercise parental rights and responsibilities or parent- child contact as set forth in the existing final orders of custody or visitation, and (2) the court finds that such modification is in the best interests of the child.
			    		

Connecticut | Domestic Violence as Changed Circumstance to Modify Custody

Statute(s)

  • § 46b-56

Official Law Text

			    			In making or modifying any custody the court may consider the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser, if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or the child.
			    		

Connecticut | Domestic Violence Mandatory Training For Judges

Statute(s)

  • § 46b-38c

Official Law Text

		    			The Judicial Department shall establish an ongoing training program for judges, Court Support Services Division personnel, and clerks to inform them about the policies and procedures which include, but are not limited to, the function of the family violence intervention units and the use of restraining and protective orders.
		    		

Connecticut | Domestic Violence Primary Aggressor

Statute(s)

  • § 46b-38b

Official Law Text

		    			Where complaints are received from two or more opposing parties, the officer shall evaluate each complaint separately to determine whether he should seek a warrant for an arrest.
		    		


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