Lorna J. Wendt v. Gary C. Wendt

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INTRODUCTION

TIERNEY, J.

The defendant, Gary C. Wendt, has filed a motion to seal the file and close the hearing in this contested dissolution of marriage action. The motion was filed pursuant to General Statutes §§ 46b-ll, 46b-49 and Practice Book § 21 IB. The plaintiff, Loma J. Wendt, opposed the motion. The court permitted intervention by Dow Jones and Companies, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal, who also opposed the motion. The court heard legal arguments, obtained certain agreements from counsel as to factual matters, took judicial notice of other factual matters, made…