Sec. 53a-97. Custodial interference in the first degree: Class D felony.
Sec. 53a-97. Custodial interference in the first degree: Class D felony. (a) A
person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree when he commits custodial
interference in the second degree as provided in section 53a-98: (1) Under circumstances
which expose the child or person taken or enticed from lawful custody or the child held
after a request by the lawful custodian for his return to a risk that his safety will be
endangered or his health materially impaired; or (2) by taking, enticing or detaining the
child or person out of this state.
(b) Custodial interference in the first degree is a class D felony.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 99; P.A. 81-280, S. 2; P.A. 92-260, S. 39; P.A. 95-206, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 81-280 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to include risk to a child held after a request by the lawful custodian for
his return; P.A. 92-260 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 95-206 amended Subsec. (a) by classifying the detention
of a child or person out of this state as a violation of custodial interference in the first degree.
Cited. 182 C. 353. Cited. 226 C. 652. Joint custodian is not inherently immune from criminal prosecution under section
solely on basis of his or her status as a joint custodian. 251 C. 656. Language of the statute standing alone provided defendant
with fair notice of the illegality of his conduct at the time of his actions. 272 C. 762.
Cited. 34 CS 219.