Pasqua v. Pasqua

In this marital dissolution action, the defendant appeals challenging the child support order issued incident to the judgment of dissolution. The dispositive issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in ordering the defendant, a recipient of public assistance from the federal supplemental security income and state supplemental income programs, to pay $35 per week child support. We find error.1

“As a preliminary matter, we note that a trial court has broad discretion in domestic relations cases. Leo v. Leo, 197 Conn. 1, 4, 495 A.2d 704 (1985); Flynn v. Flynn, 7 Conn. App. 745, 746,…