Opinion
No. UWY CV07-5005750S
March 31, 2010
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
On August 18, 2009, this Court (Agati, J.) dismissed the plaintiff's case for failure to appear. On November 10, 2009, the plaintiff (Marissa Macburney Ganavage) filed a motion to vacate the order of dismissal. On February 17, 2010, the Court (Cronan, J.) denied the plaintiff's motion which appeared on the short calendar non-arguable docket.
The Court's reasoning for this action is that the plaintiff (Marissa Macburney Ganavage), who is not an attorney, improperly filed an implied pro se appearance on behalf of her minor daughter (Jordyn Ganavage). Connecticut General Statutes § 51-88(a) provides in part that a person not admitted as an attorney "shall not practice law or appear as an attorney-at-law for another in any court of record in this state." The Court feels that this issue was adequately discussed in Lowe v. Shelton, 83 Conn.App. 750 (2004), and in Vaneck v. Burzin et al. (2009), WL 765483 [ 47 Conn. L. Rptr. 302].