Noteworthy Cases

In a case of First Impression in the state of Connecticut, Broder Orland Murray & DeMattie LLC successfully represented the Wife in opposing the Husband’s claim that the parties’ Jewish marriage contract, known as a “Ketubah,” constituted a valid and enforceable prenuptial agreement.  In relevant part, the Ketubah states that the parties “agree to divorce (or, separate from) one another … according to Torah law as in the manner of Jewish People.”  The Husband asserted that “Torah law” mandated that...

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, in a precedent-setting case, that the decanting of trust assets to protect them from a party’s reach in a divorce case was lawful.  The Connecticut Supreme Court also upheld the trial court’s decision making alternate property distribution and alimony orders in the divorce case.  The Husband, who was represented by Carole Topol Orland and Sarah E. Murray of Broder Orland Murray & DeMattie LLC in the divorce trial, was the beneficiary of a trust that...

Broder Orland Murray & DeMattie LLC represented Father in post-judgment relocation trial wherein Mother was denied her request to move child to California where her new husband is employed in the financial industry.

Landmark Supreme Court decision holding that the modification of an alimony award typically is not justified where the only substantial change in circumstances after the divorce is an increase in the alimony payor’s income and where the alimony award continues to meet the original purpose for which it was made. Broder Orland Murray & DeMattie LLC represented the alimony payor, who was ultimately successful on appeal, in the post-judgment modification trial.