CT HB05476

Amends Connecticut General Statutes section 46b-59 to allow grandparents to petition Superior Court for visitation rights with a minor grandchild

Requires grandparents to demonstrate that parents or guardians are unreasonably denying them the opportunity to visit with the child

Establishes that grandparents must show compelling circumstances to overcome the presumption that parental denial of visitation is in the child's best interest

Creates a two-prong legal test combining unreasonable deprivation and compelling circumstances for courts to evaluate grandparent visitation petitions