Opinion
(SC 16473)
Argued October 24, 2001
Officially released December 11, 2001
Action for the dissolution of a marriage, and for other relief, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford and tried to the court, Hon. Simon S. Cohen, judge trial referee, who, exercising the powers of the Superior Court, rendered judgment dissolving the marriage and granting certain other relief; thereafter, the court, Norko, J., modified the judgment and entered certain other financial orders; subsequently, the court, Rubinow, J., denied the defendant's motion to open and modify the judgment, granted in part her motion to find the plaintiff in contempt, and entered certain other financial orders, including an award of attorney's fees to the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed to the Appellate Court, Lavery, C.J., and Foti, J., with O'Connell, J., dissenting, which affirmed the trial court's judgment, and the plaintiff, on the granting of certification, appealed to this court. Appeal dismissed.
Brian M. Silver, for the appellant (plaintiff).
Robert H. Weinstein, for the appellee (defendant).
Opinion
The plaintiff, Donald D. Bowers, appeals, following our grant of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which affirmed the trial court's judgment holding the plaintiff in contempt of court for wilfully violating the court's order regarding a child support arrearage. Bowers v. Bowers, 61 Conn. App. 75, 762 A.2d 515 (2000). We granted the plaintiff's petition for certification to appeal limited to the following issue: "Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court had properly concluded that the plaintiff had wilfully violated an order of the court?" Bowers v. Bowers, 255 Conn. 939, 767 A.2d 1121 (2001).
After examining the entire 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 improvidently granted.