CT SB00005

The Judicial Department shall establish an electronic monitoring program in each judicial district (effective July 1, 2023) to monitor persons charged with violating restraining or protective orders who are deemed high-risk by the family violence intervention unit, with the system designed to alert law enforcement, a state-wide information center, and the victim when the offender approaches the victim, subject to a deadline of October 1, 2025.

Courts are prohibited from ordering temporary or permanent alimony payments from an injured spouse to a spouse convicted after marriage of criminal attempt to commit murder, conspiracy to commit murder, class A or B felony sexual assault, or class A or B felony family violence crimes, or equivalent crimes in other states (effective October 1, 2023).

Courts may still award attorney's fees to an injured spouse against a spouse convicted of the crimes listed above, and "injured spouse" is defined as the victim regardless of whether physical injury occurred.

Organizations administering domestic violence legal services programs must conduct annual impact analyses including procedural outcomes, types and extent of legal services provided, and cases where representation did not continue through the restraining order process (effective July 1, 2023).

Organizations must submit a report by December 1, 2023 to the judiciary committee on state-wide program expansion potential, including availability of grant recipients, feasible courthouse locations, and funding levels needed for statewide expansion.