From The Family law Prof Blog: “The Supreme Court of Connecticut has affirmed the court of appeals ruling in a case in which a couple were married for 11 years, lived together for a number of years and then remarried for six years.” (See Family Law Prof Blog post of February 10, 2006) “The court of appeals had found that the trial court, in fixing the term of the maintenance award, improperly took into considerati
From The Family law Prof Blog: “The Supreme Court of Connecticut has affirmed the court of appeals ruling in a case in which a couple were married for 11 years, lived together for a number of years and then remarried for six years.” (See Family Law Prof Blog post of February 10, 2006) “The court of appeals had found that the trial court, in fixing the term of the maintenance award, improperly took into consideration both the prior marriage and cohabitation and the fact that there were adult children with grandchildren residing in the house.”
“The court concludes that ‘length of the marriage’ criterion prescribed in [statutes governing maintenance awards], as a matter of law, does not include prior marriages or cohabitation preceding the marriage.”
My tech learning curve stopped at posting .pdf docs. so here’s the not so pretty link to the opinion:http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR280/280cr8.pdf. Maybe early next year I can find a little time with a fire blazing in the fireplace to putter with the tech stuff, much like earlier this year when I gave this site a soft launch.
