Opinion
(AC 24227)
Argued April 30, 2004
Officially released July 6, 2004
Action for the dissolution of a marriage, and for other relief, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Fairfield and tried to the court, Steinberg, J.; judgment dissolving the marriage and granting certain other relief; thereafter, the matter was transferred to the Regional Family Trial Docket at Middletown, where the court, Abery-Wetstone, J., denied the defendant's motions for modification of child support, contempt and a tax exemption for the parties' minor child, and the defendant appealed to this court; thereafter, the court denied the defendant's motions for modification of child support, and to disqualify the guardian ad litem and counsel for the minor child, and the defendant filed an amended appeal. Affirmed.
Rose Li-Hwa Strobel, pro se, the appellant (defendant).
Kevin L. Strobel, pro se, the appellee (plaintiff).
Opinion
In this marital dissolution matter, the pro se defendant, Rose Li-Hwa Strobel, appeals from postjudgment orders issued by the court on May 5 and June 25, 2003, in connection with the dissolution of her marriage to the plaintiff, Kevin L. Strobel. On appeal, the defendant assails the court's factual findings and asserts that the court abused its discretion in the various orders it entered. The defendant's brief, however, is entirely devoid of any legal argument or reasoning. Although it is our policy to give leeway to pro se litigants regarding their adherence to the rules of this court, we are not willing to abide a complete disregard for the orderly presentation of issues on appeal. See Rosato v. Rosato, 53 Conn. App. 387, 390, 731 A.2d 323 (1999) (liberal policy afforded pro se litigants does not afford them license to disregard relevant rules of procedural and substantive law). In her rehashing of the factual issues that have beset these parties and their minor child, the defendant has not provided any basis for reversal of any of the court's orders.