We granted the plaintiff's petition for certification to appeal, limited to the following issues: “1. Did the Appellate Court, having determined that the trial court's child support order did not comply with the child support guidelines, properly invoke the mosaic rule to reverse all financial orders where it did not consider the defendant's challenges to the trial court's orders concerning alimony, property and attorney's fees? [and] 2. Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the trial court failed to apply the child support guidelines when the defendant sought unallocated alimony and support, and failed to file the required child support guidelines worksheet?” Tuckman v. Tuckman, 301 Conn. 904, 904–905, 17 A.3d 1046 (2011). As we explain more fully herein, because of our conclusion in part II of this opinion, we do not reach the first certified question.