Bill Text: CT HB05506 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Professional Malpractice Committed By A Guardian Ad Litem Or An Attorney For A Minor Child In A Family Relations Proceeding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB05506 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05506-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5506
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 734
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE COMMITTED BY A GUARDIAN AD LITEM OR AN ATTORNEY FOR A MINOR CHILD IN A FAMILY RELATIONS PROCEEDING.

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

That chapter 815j of the general statutes be amended to provide that: (1) Any person, aggrieved by the professional malpractice of a guardian ad litem or an attorney for a minor child appointed in a family relations matter, may bring a civil action seeking appropriate relief, including equitable relief, damages or both in the superior court for the judicial district in which such guardian ad litem or attorney was appointed, and (2) a guardian ad litem or an attorney for a minor child named as a defendant in a professional malpractice action shall not be entitled to raise a defense of qualified or absolute immunity in such action.

Statement of Purpose:

To: (1) Ensure that parents, guardians and others aggrieved by the professional malpractice of a guardian ad litem or an attorney for a minor child appointed in a family relations matter have the ability to bring a civil malpractice action against such guardian ad litem or attorney for a minor child, and (2) abolish qualified or absolute immunity as a defense that may be raised by a guardian ad litem or an attorney for a minor child in a professional malpractice action.