Bill Summary: SB01060

• Defines "coercive control" as a pattern of behavior toward an intimate partner or family/household member that causes fear, harm, or restricts freedom of action, including physical/sexual assault threats, stalking, isolation, resource deprivation, and forced conduct.

• Allows family or household members who are victims of coercive control to apply to Superior Court for protective relief orders with hearings required within 14 days (or 7 days if respondent has firearms).

• Establishes that coercive control is grounds for divorce based on "intolerable cruelty" and creates presumptions against awarding custody or unsupervised visitation to parents found to have committed coercive control or child abuse.

• Creates a legal assistance program administered by the Judicial Branch to provide victims with help applying for abuse relief orders under section 46b-15.

• Requires Judicial Department to provide ongoing training on family violence and coercive control issues to judges and court personnel, with annual reporting to the Judiciary Committee on compliance and implementation efforts.