Jennifers' Law

Jennifer Dulos has been missing since May 24, 2019. Dulos disappeared in the middle of divorce and child custody proceedings which included allegations of abusive behavior by her then-husband, Fotis Dulos. This custody battle had been ongoing for two years and a hearing had been scheduled to take place concerning the safety of the couple's five children. Fotis was later arrested for her murder but died by suicide, eight months after her disappearance, via carbon monoxide asphyxiation before a pretrial emergency bond hearing. == Jennifer Magnano ==

Jennifer Magnano was fatally shot, in a murder-suicide by her estranged husband Scott, in front of their children on August 23, 2007. Scott had been ordered to stay away from the house where Jennifer and their three children lived. ==History==

The bill was originally introduced in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 session of the Connecticut General Assembly and was re-introduced in March 2021 by state Sen. Alex Kasser (D-Greenwich). ==Provisions==

The law expanded the state's definition of domestic violence to include coercive control, which was defined as: Examples of behavior that the law identifies as coercive control include not merely physical violence or the threat of physical violence but also: It also makes a number of other changes that are intended to assist people who utilize the courts for protection against abusers. ==References==