Case: Isham v. Isham (SC 18270) June 2009
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Trial Court: Stamford
Synopsis: Whether bonuses should be included as salary so as to trigger a modification of alimony depended on the parties’ intention.
Case Link: http://www.serranolawyers.com/wpress/wp-admin/post-new.php
Case Citation: 292 Conn. 171 (2009)
Tags: alimony · divorce · modification
Case: Utz v. Utz (AC 28780) February 2009
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Court: Norwich
Synopsis: Although a divorce court may order time-limited alimony to allow a spouse to support herself while she re-enters the job market, a court may order such alimony for other reasons. Thus it was not error to award weekly alimony of $1000 to a wife even if that amount did not provide her with any incentive to become employed.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP112/112AP151.pdf
Tags: alimony · dissolution of marriage · divorce · family law
Case: Gamble - Perugini (AC 29280) January 2009
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Court: Waterbury
Synopsis: In entering divorce orders for alimony, property division and educational support, the court properly discredited the husband’s claims about the amount of his income and assets, given that he owned a 9 passenger plane and paid for a pilot.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP112/112AP116.pdf
Tags: alimony · divorce · property division
Case: Boyne v. Boyne (AC 28996) January 2009
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Court: Hartford
Synopsis: In dividing the obligation for unreimbursed medical and day care expenses in a divorce case, the court must take alimony into account.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP112/112AP123.pdf
Tags: alimony · day care · medical expenses
Case: Schade v. Schade (AC 28543) September 2008
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Court: Hartford
Synopsis: An insurance agency vice president who lost his position after an investigation into possible fraud took another position earning much less. He filed to reduce his alimony payments. The divorce court refused to modify the alimony to a level based on his lower earnings, noting that he was not actively pursuing employment that would be available to someone with his experience and training. The divorce court’s ruling was upheld on appeal.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP110/110AP465.pdf
Tags: alimony · divorce · earning capacity · post-judgment
Case: Cannon v. Cannon (AC 28514) August 2008
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Court: Stamford - Norwalk
Synopsis: A motion to modify unallocated alimony and child support heard in 2006 was granted retroactively to the filing of the motion in 2003, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 46b-86(a).
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP109/109AP457.pdf
Tags: alimony · child support · modification · post-judgment
Case: Gosselin v. Gosselin (AC 27453) September 2008
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Court: New London at Norwich
Synopsis: In granting a post-judgment motion to reduce alimony, the court considered an increase in the wife’s assets, even though the husband’s motion to reduce alimony only referred to an increase in income, because the wife was aware from the proceedings that the husband was relying on the increased assets.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP110/110AP480.pdf
Tags: alimony · Divorce / Family Law · post-judgment
Case: Signore v. Signore (AC 28040) September 2008
Court: Connecticut Appellate Court
Trial Court: Fairfield at Bridgeport
Synopsis: Divorce court denied post-judgment motion to reduce alimony, holding that employer’s payment of automobile and health insurance premiums and of automobile expenses for employee would be considered as income for the employee.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP110/110AP478.pdf
Tags: alimony · Divorce / Family Law · post-judgment