How is alimony or child support determined if a spouse going through a divorce or modification of support is unemployed or underemployed? A judge may set support orders based on “earning capacity.” Earning capacity has been defined the Connecticut Appellate Court as “an amount which a person can realistically be expected to earn considering such…
In an effort to create a safer Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Connecticut state police have launched Operation S.A.N.T.A., or Operation Stop Another Needless Tragic Accident. Operation S.A.N.T.A. is part of C.A.R.E., the combined accident reduction effort, which is a nationwide enforcement effort focused on drunk driving, speeding, distracted driving and other reckless actions that…
The Connecticut Child Support Center will extend their hours on Thursdays from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Extending the hours is an effort by the State to accommodate parents of working families many of whom find it difficult to call during regular business hours. Read the Press advisory here: http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/news/press340.pdf
In late November, a U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs ran into the crowd at the Harvard-Yale tailgate party, killing one person and injuring two. The cause of the accident is still under investigation by the New Haven Police Department (NHPD). The U-Haul driver, a Yale junior, passed a field sobriety test shortly after the accident…
How are inheritances handled in a Connecticut divorce? Connecticut is an “equitable distribution” state. Actually, to be more precise, Connecticut is an “all property equitable distribution” state. This means that all property of both spouses, regardless of when the property was acquired or how the property was acquired, may be distributed by the divorce…
The Connecticut Premarital Act, Connecticut General Statutes Section 46b-36g, requires that parties to a prenuptial agreement provide fair and reasonable disclosure of the amount, character, and value of the property, financial obligations and income to the other party. Note – this duty to inform exists regardless as to whether the other party has requested the…
Two men who claim they were sexually abused by former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine recently filed a defamation lawsuit against head coach Jim Boeheim. Back in November, Boeheim dismissed the allegations of sexual abuse and called the accusers liars. Boeheim’s attorneys will likely argue that the defamation case involves a “matter of public…
Because nearly 6,000 people died in distracted driving accidents in 2008 – Because drivers using cell phones are four times more likely to get into injury-causing car accidents – Because cell phone use while driving significantly reduces cognitive activity necessary for driving (by 37 percent) – Because texting while driving is as dangerous, if not…
Last week was National Teen Driver Safety Week, a week when organizations across the country and in Connecticut got the message out to parents and their teens: drive safely. Motor vehicle accidents are still the leading cause of death for teens in the U.S. In fact, teenagers are involved in fatal accidents three times as often…
New York parents who just learned that Administration of Children Services (ACS) planned to pursue adoption of their eight children made a bold move. During a supervised visit, they loaded the children in a van and made a run for it. After a nationwide search, the parents and the children were found a week later…