Opinion
(SC 16128)
Argued January 19, 2000
Officially released March 14, 2000
Action to establish the paternity of the plaintiff's minor child, and for other relief, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Waterbury, where, upon the defendant's failure to appear, the court, Barnett, J., rendered a default judgment finding the defendant to be the father and granting other relief; thereafter, the court, Heiman, J., denied the defendant's motion to open the judgment; subsequently, the court, Doherty, J., denied, inter alia, the defendant's subsequent motion to open the judgment, and the defendant appealed to the Appellate Court, O'Connell, C.J., and Foti and Landau, Js., which affirmed the trial court's denial of the defendant's subsequent motion to open the judgment, and the defendant, on the granting of certification, appealed to this court. Appeal dismissed.
James D. Hirschfield, for the appellant (defendant).
J. Bernard Davis, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Donald M. Longley and Stephen J. McGovern, assistant attorneys general, for the appellee (state).
Opinion
After examining the record on appeal and considering the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, we have determined that the appeal in this case should be dismissed on the ground that certification was granted improvidently.
We granted the defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court; Benedict v. Betancourt, 53 Conn. App. 901, 734 A.2d 150 (1999); limited to the following issue: "In the circumstances of this case, did the Appellate Court properly affirm the judgment of the trial court denying the defendant's motion to open the judgment of paternity?" Benedict v. Betancourt, 249 Conn. 922, 734 A.2d 980 (1999).