Alldred v. Alldred

Opinion

PETERS, J.

Because service of process implicates a court’s personal jurisdiction, “an action commenced by . . . improper service must be dismissed.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Jimenez v. DeRosa, 109 Conn. App. 332, 338, 951 A.2d 632 (2008). The dispositive issue in this case is whether, in two postjudgment contempt actions brought against a plaintiff who no longer resides in this country, the defendant properly served the plaintiff by mailing copies of the pleadings to the plaintiffs counsel of record. The defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the…