Legal Opinion
Burns v. Burns
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 18, 1996No. 13490PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessy, J.
The defendant, Roger J. Bums, appeals from the trial court’s financial orders in this dissolution action. The defendant claims that the trial *717court abused its discretion in entering financial orders that (1) “are so excessive as to be punitive,” and (2) “preclude or limit modification in the future without consideration of then existing circumstances.” We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The trial court found the following facts. The plaintiff, Patricia Bums, and the defendant were married in 1966. During the marriage, the defendant attended the Wharton School of Business. He then…
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