Legal Opinion · Dissent

Champagne v. Champagne

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided July 27, 1999No. AC 17829Published

1DissentO’Connell, C. J.

I do not agree with the majority opinion because I do not feel that it addresses the problem before the court.

We remanded this case to the trial court “for a hearing to determine the amount of growth the policy’s cash value, as it existed on the date the separation agreement was executed, would have generated had it been prudently invested . . . .” (Emphasis added.) Champagne v. Champagne, 43 Conn. App. 844, 850, 685 A.2d 1153 (1996). This issue required expert testimony. See Santopietro v. New Haven, 239 Conn. 207, 226, 682 A.2d 106 (1996) (expert testimony required where determination of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Santopietro v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  2. United States Trust Co. v. BohartSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  3. Jackson v. ConlandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
  4. Champagne v. ChampagneConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996

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