O'Bymachow v. O'Bymachow

This case is a sequel to our decision in O’Bymachow v. O’Bymachow, 10 Conn. App. 76, 521 A.2d 599 (1987). There we found error in the trial court’s refusal to hear the defendant’s motion to open its judgment denying the defendant’s motion for modification of an earlier judgment of dissolution. That motion to open was based on an allegation of fraud, and the court’s refusal to hear the motion was based on the fact that the judgment which the defendant sought to open was on appeal. Id., 76-77.

We ordered the trial court to hear the defendant's motion to open promptly, and retained the…