Legal Opinion
Kavanah v. Kavanah
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 21, 2013No. AC 34023PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiPENTIMA, C. J.
The plaintiff, Susana C. Kavanah, appeals from certain financial orders made by the trial court following the dissolution of her marriage to the defendant, Leo G. Kavanah III.1 On appeal the plaintiff claims that the court improperly (1) deviated from the child support guidelines and (2) ordered the parties, sua sponte, to pay the guardian ad litem an additional sum of $5000. We agree with both of the plaintiff’s claims and therefore reverse the judgment and remand the matter to the trial court for further proceedings.
The parties married in June, 2007, and their…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Maturo v. MaturoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Gaffey v. GaffeyConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- Breiter v. BreiterConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- O'Brien v. O'BrienConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
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