Family Law
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Nweeia v. Nweeia
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Connecticut Code of Evidence §4-2 provides that "[e]vidence that is not relevant is inadmissible" and, here, the issue presented by the court's refusal to permit the plaintiff from calling her child as a rebuttal witness to read for the court, was not one of due process but of relevance, where the question for the court to determine was which of two schools could better address the child's educational needs and the proffered evidence was found not probative of the central issue in the case.
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In Re: Journey L.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Notwithstanding the trial court's choice of language, it was clear from its decision that the court considered the respondent's failure to achieve personal rehabilitation as pertaining to her unsuitability to parent any one of the children and not simply the four children as a group.
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Petrone v. Connolly
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Grounds exist for disqualification, if the guardian ad litem knowingly communicates false information, with intent to affect a parent or guardian's right to visitation.
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Sorrell v. Sorrell
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Monday, May 20, 2013
A court can find that a party who allegedly did not follow a court order to take a parenting education course is in contempt of court.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
