(a) A person is guilty of abuse in the first degree when such person intentionally commits abuse of an elderly, blind or disabled person or a person with intellectual disability and causes serious physical injury to such elderly, blind or disabled person or person with intellectual disability.(b) Abuse in the first degree is a class C felony.(P.A. 03-267, S. 7; P.A. 04-257, S. 89; P.A. 11-129, S. 16.)History: P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 11-129 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute 'person with intellectual disability' for 'mentally retarded person' and make conforming changes.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 53a-321
Connecticut Title 53a — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-321· Version 2026