Opinion
10-28-2015
Richard P. GABRIEL v. Diana K. GABRIEL.
Kenneth J. Bartschi, Hartford, in support of the petition. Norman A. Roberts II, in opposition.
Kenneth J. Bartschi, Hartford, in support of the petition.
Norman A. Roberts II, in opposition.
Opinion
The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 159 Conn.App. 805, 123 A.3d 453 (2015), is granted, limited to the following issues:
“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that:
“1. The trial court improperly modified the unallocated alimony and child support order without first making specific findings under the child support guidelines, when the award was modified to an alimony award because the obligor became the primary custodial parent and the recipient no longer receives child support?
“2. The trial court improperly considered the financial impact of the defendant's cohabitation in fashioning a modified alimony award, despite the fact that a substantial change in circumstances was established on a different basis?
“3. The trial court improperly relied on General Statutes § 46b–224 in concluding that the plaintiff had not acted wilfully in unilaterally reducing the unallocated alimony and support payments to the defendant after he became the primary custodial parent?”
McDONALD, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.