The Huffington Post recently listed the top ten cases which significantly impacted divorce law. These cases cover many areas of divorce law including alimony, pensions, relocation, foreign judgments, palimony and visitation rights for grandparents. This a national list. In fact, no specific Connecticut cases appear on the list. However, some of these cases resulted in […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Click It or Ticket (CIOT) campaign is in full force Memorial Day weekend, with police officers around the nation cracking down on those who “forget” to wear their seatbelts. Wearing a seat belt is the number one thing you can do to protect yourself should you be involved in […]
A lengthy, sixteen-month long divorce case is over but the decision has outraged many people. A North Carolina mother, who has been raising her two children, claims that she lost custody because she has cancer. The judge awarded custody of the children to the father who lives in Chicago. It appears that he argued that […]
The following summary is based on a recent article in the Connecticut Law Tribune regarding a truck accident which occurred in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Plaintiff’s claims: The victim stated that she had a green light and as she drove through an intersection the vehicle she was operating was struck by a truck. The Plaintiff’s attorney alleged […]
A New York judge has awarded custody to a father after finding that the mother attempted to “brainwash” the children against the father. In addition, the mother put signs around town that the father was a “deadbeat” and allegedly had her friends picket outside the courthouse when the custody case was being heard. Not surprisingly, […]
What is the law in Connecticut concerning the rights of grandparents to visit with their grandchildren? Connecticut General Statutes §46b-59 allows grandparents (and other third parties) to file an application for visitation with a minor child. However, many of these applications are dismissed. This is because Connecticut requires a third party, such as a grandparent, […]