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February 5: Public Hearing on Parental Alienation

This is a major opportunity to influence Family Court reform

Legislative Office Building, LOB, Room 2C, 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 | 10:00AM – 12:00 Noon: Presentation by Experts

12:00 Noon – 1:00PM | Questions & Answers

1:00PM – 1:30PM | Lunch Recess

1:30PM – Public Hearing

 TOPICS:

  1. How to improve relations & confidence in Judiciary.
  2. Financial & Emotional impact of court and families.
  3. Guardian Ad Litem – How best to utilize them and work with them
  4. Parental alienation – “What it is?” – How impact children & families.
  5. Early interventions – Misconceptions Parental alienation cases & Treatment & Outcomes.
  6. When & How children’s medical information and private identities are protected.

Parents and community members requesting to speak during the public hearing should sign up between 8:30AM to 9:30AM at Atrium, 1st Floor. Public comment will be allowed 3 minutes.

Please submit written testimonies to Milagros.Acosta@cga.ct.gov

Written testimony is limited to 5 pages.

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