Bill Text: CT SB00792 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Paternity And Child Support Obligations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00792 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00792-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 792
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 2011
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist. REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PATERNITY AND CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that (1) a man who has a reasonable belief that he is the father of a child and sets forth facts establishing a reasonable possibility of paternity shall be permitted to require the mother and child to submit to genetic tests in the manner set forth for such tests in section 46b-168a of the general statutes in order to determine if the man is the father of the child; and (2) if a mother of a child wilfully prevents the father of the child from learning of the birth of the child or seeing the child, the father of the child shall not be responsible for any arrearage in child support payments that accrues during such period when such father is unaware of the birth of the child or unable to see the child.

Statement of Purpose:

To permit a man to seek a court order for genetic testing to establish paternity when a reasonable possibility of paternity exists, and limit the accrual of child support obligations during any period when the mother of a child wilfully prevents the father of the child from learning of the birth of the child or seeing the child.