Family Law
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Sebadduka v. Sebadduka
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A party who willfully disobeys a clear court order can be held in contempt of court. The parties were married 10 years and had four children, who were born in Connecticut.
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Ellison v. Miller
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A marriage may not be valid, if one of the parties to the marriage already entered into a civil union in another state and fails to dissolve the civil union.
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Zimmitti v. Zimmitti
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A court can find one party at greater fault for the breakdown of the marital relationship. The parties married in September 1989 and have two children.
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Buzzard v. Buzzard
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A court can find that a substantial change in circumstances exists, as a result of one party's permanent and total disability.
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Stein v. Wilcox
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A court can find that a minor child's relocation to another state for several months constitutes a temporary relocation, as opposed to a permanent move, because the purpose of the relocation was to provide temporary care for an ill relative, and that Connecticut remains the minor child's "home state."
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Carpender v. Sigel
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Even if there was an inexcusable delay by the moving party, the court will not find that party guilty of laches if the prejudice to the opposing party was not the result of the moving party.
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Deshpande v. Deshpande
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Monday, May 13, 2013
An agreement of the parties may be sufficient to rebut the presumption that the support amount calculated under the guidelines is the correct amount; however, the court must still make such a finding, cite one or more deviation criteria to support the agreement, state the amount that would have been required under such sections and make a factual finding to justify the variance.
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Farren v. Farren
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Monday, May 6, 2013
A motion for an expedited order concerning the distribution of executive retirement plan benefits, seeking to recharacterize those benefits as earnings and not marital property, constituted an impermissible collateral attack on the underlying dissolution judgment.
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Morrone v. Morrone
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Monday, May 6, 2013
As determined in the 1991 Connecticut Supreme Court case of Yontef v. Yontef, the trial court is not bound to accept the expert opinion of a family relations officer.
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Cintron v. Cintron
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Monday, May 6, 2013
A court can find one party at greater fault for the breakdown of the marital relationship, as a result of alleged extramarital affairs and lack of interest in reconciling with the other party.
