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Regardless of a parent‑shareholder's ownership percentage in an S corporation, the parent‑shareholder has the burden to present evidence that he or she does not have access to retained incom... Read more
Under settlement decree incorporated into divorce judgment, which required former husband to pay alimony to former wife until her remarriage and for former husband to make payments for the b... Read more
Father waited more than four years after conclusively learning that child was his daughter before deciding that he would like to have parent‑child relationship with her and filing petition. Read more
Evidence was sufficient to support trial court's imputation of income to wife, for purposes of calculating alimony award in proceeding for dissolution of marriage. Read more
Agreement failed to recite that the parties were aware of the CSSA guidelines, failed to set forth the basic child support obligation, and failed to set forth the reasons for deviating from... Read more
Evidence supported trial court's finding, on basis of comity, that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear former wife's petition for dissolution of marriage in Connecticut, despite fo... Read more
The trial court clearly erred when it focused solely on biology, rather than on the best interests of the child, when it overcame the presumption of legitimacy and removed father's rights as... Read more
Trial court did not abuse its discretion when it employed present division method of deferred distribution of husband's retirement plan, rather than the reserved jurisdiction method. Read more
Great‑grandmother of child of parties to dissolution proceeding lacked standing to seek visitation rights under grandparent visitation statute. Read more
Employer and former supervisor filed motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Read more
