Bill Text: CT HB05312 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Increasing Child Support And Concerning Criminalization Of Failure To Pay Such Support.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB05312 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05312-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5312
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 324
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING CHILD SUPPORT AND CONCERNING CRIMINALIZATION OF FAILURE TO PAY SUCH SUPPORT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That sections 46b-84 and 46b-171 of the general statutes be amended to increase the proportion of child support that shall be paid and to criminalize failure to pay child support.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide adequate financial support for children and to make failure to pay child support a crime.