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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
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Case: Kerrigan v. Cmmr. of Public Health (SC 17718) 2008
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Synopsis: Allowing heterosexuals to marry but homosexuals only to enter civil unions creates a cognizable harm under the Connecticut State Constitution due to the pernicious discrimination gay men and lesbians face and because marriage carries a status and significance that civil unions do not. Classifications based on sexual orientation constitute a quasi-suspect classification for purposes of the equal protection provisions of the State Constitution, thus making statutes that discriminate against gays subject to heightened or intermediate judicial scrutiny. The state has provided insufficient justification for barring same sex couples from marrying.
Case Link: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR289/289CR152.pdf
Tags: family law · gay marriage
