CT HB05432

Grants the Department of Children and Families standing to bring motions for modification of child support orders on behalf of obligees who are parents in families with service needs, when the department determines the current order impedes its service plan goals.

Allows family support magistrates to deviate from child support guidelines when ruling on modification motions involving families with service needs.

Establishes a presumption that it is in the best interest of a child to be in the custody of a parent who is a victim of family violence, rebuttable by preponderance of the evidence that custody would be detrimental to the child; applies to custody proceedings under multiple statutes.

Modifies joint custody provisions by renumbering subsections and adding family violence presumption language to parental responsibility plan requirements.

All amendments are effective October 1, 2010.