Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court properly denied the motion of the proposed intervenor, the Family Institute of Connecticut (institute), to intervene as a party defendant in this declaratory judgment action brought by the plaintiffs, seven same sex couples, 1 against, among others, the defendant department of public health (department), 2 challenging the constitutionality of Connecticut’s marriage laws insofar as they preclude the issuance of marriage licenses to same sex couples. On appeal, 3 *5the institute, a public policy organization that supports…