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Subcommittee backs requiring victim notification when defendants seek to modify or vacate protective orders
Summary
The Judiciary subcommittee voted March 12 to forward a recommendation to amend Conn. Gen. Stat. 54-227 and 54-228 so the Office of Victim Services and Department of Correction are notified when someone files to modify or vacate a standing criminal protective order; the measure was forwarded to the full council.
The court-based issues subcommittee of the Judiciary voted March 12 to forward a recommendation to amend Connecticut General Statutes 54-227 and 54-228 to require that the Office of Victim Services (OVS) and the Department of Correction (DOC) be notified when an individual files to modify or vacate a standing criminal protective order.
Merritt Loy, complaint officer for the Office of the Victim Advocate and co-chair of the subcommittee, said the change would put victim notification routines for this form of…
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