Rosengarten v. Downes

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s judgment dismissing an action to dissolve a same sex civil union for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, which union the plaintiff, Glen Rosengarten, claims was entered into with the defendant, Peter Downes, in Vermont, pursuant to Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 15, § 1201 et seq. (2001).1 Service of process on the defendant, who appar*374ently resides in New York, was accomplished by certified mail in accordance with an order of notice. The trial court dismissed the action because it concluded that General Statutes § 46b-l and Practice Book § 25-2…