Legal Opinion
Detels v. Detels
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 16, 2003No. AC 23299PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVERY, C. J.
The plaintiff, Peter Bradford Detels, appeals from the postjudgment order of the trial court granting the defendant’s motion for contempt. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly construed the parties’ separation agreement to require that he file for bankruptcy protection to discharge the property distribution.1 We reverse the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts are relevant to the plaintiffs appeal. The parties, who were married in 1987, obtained a judgment of dissolution on April 9,1999. Incorporated into the judgment was a separation…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Gina M. G. v. William C.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2003
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