Busa v. Busa

In this action, the plaintiff appeals from the order of the state trial referee, acting as the court, awarding custody of her two minor children to their paternal grandparents.1 The plaintiff claims that the court failed to apply the presumption created by General Statutes § 46b-56b, which provides that “[i]n any dispute as to the custody of a minor child involving a parent and a nonparent, there shall be a presumption that it is in the best interest of the child to be in the custody of the parent, which presumption may be rebutted by showing that it would be detrimental to the child to…