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Legal Information: Connecticut
Updated:
October 29, 2020§ 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.
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