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This Week's Blog by Amanda K. Rieben Many clients come to our office from towns in Fairfield County wondering which children’s expenses they will be required to contribute toward as part of their child support obligation. While the Court may order both parents to...
When you are divorced in Connecticut, the Court may make an award of alimony--the payment of money from one spouse to the other (sometimes also referred to as “spousal support” or “maintenance”). Alimony is based on the presumption that spouses have a continuing duty...
Many clients come into our office from the towns of Fairfield County wondering whether they will be obligated to pay alimony to their spouse, or whether they will be receiving alimony from their spouse during the pendency of a divorce action, and/or upon the Court...
Any parent contemplating divorce understandably wishes to know whether and to what extent he or she will be entitled to receive, or obligated to pay, child support and/or alimony. However, many potential clients we speak to are unfamiliar with a third type of support...
Every Connecticut litigant has the right to appeal a final judgment entered by a trial court. In divorce cases, these appeals often arise after the trial court enters financial orders, but, on occasion, there may be sufficient cause to appeal a trial court’s orders...
Once the court enters an order of custody, a parent always has the legal right to return to court to seek to modify the original parenting plan. Contested custody proceedings, including modification proceedings, can present some of the most challenging and...
During your divorce proceeding, you and your attorney will work diligently to ensure that your final Separation Agreement is as detailed as possible. But what happens when after the agreement is signed and your divorce is finalized, your spouse decides to disregard...
A common inquiry that divorce lawyers in towns such as Greenwich and Westport receive from potential clients is, “How soon can I be divorced?” Notably, the answer to this question changed only recently. Prior to October 1, 2015, divorcing spouses in Connecticut were...
Many divorce cases in Fairfield County involve parties who own and operate their own businesses, including law or medical practices, small businesses, and family businesses. Parties living in Westport and Greenwich often want to know what will happen to the business in the event of divorce: Will the non-participating spouse get an ownership interest in the business? Will the business have to be sold?
This exact issue was a subject of a well-known case entitled Borkowski v. Borkowski, 228 Conn. 729 (1994). Recently, I spoke at the Connecticut State Bar Association’s Annual Conference and Borkowski was amongst the cases I presented. The following explanation...
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