(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 46b-82, 46b-83 and 46b-86, no court may enter an order of payment of temporary or permanent alimony from an injured spouse to a spouse who, at any time after the date of marriage, is convicted of:
- (1) Criminal attempt to commit murder of the other spouse, under section 53a-49 and sections 53a-54a to 53a-54d, inclusive; (2) conspiracy to commit murder of the other spouse, under section 53a-48 and sections 53a-54a to 53a-54d, inclusive; (3) a class A or B felony sexual assault of the other spouse, under section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71 or 53a-72b; (4) a class A or B felony family violence crime as defined in section 46b-38a; or (5) any crime in another state, the essential elements of which are substantially the same as the crimes enumerated in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection.
- (b) The existence of any conviction for a crime set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall preclude a court from ordering an award of attorney's fees from an injured spouse to a spouse convicted of such crime.
- (c) Any order of temporary or permanent alimony entered by a court from an injured spouse to a spouse subsequently convicted of a crime set forth in subsection (a) of this section against the injured spouse shall be terminated by the court upon a motion to terminate alimony based upon the conviction filed by the injured spouse.
- (d) As used in this section, “injured spouse” means the spouse who has been the victim of a crime set forth in subsection (a) of this section, irrespective of whether physical injury occurred in the commission of such crime.
(P.A. 23-106, S. 2; 23-136, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 23-136 added new Subsec. (c) re termination of temporary or permanent alimony from an injured spouse to a spouse subsequently convicted of a crime set forth in Subsec. (a) and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d).