William R. B. v. Cynthia B.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Adrienne Hofmann Scancarelli, J.

This matter is a textbook example of an ongoing child custody/visitation dispute in which both parents engage in conduct which will, at best, result in a hollow victory for one of them and continuing harm to the subject child.

The parties, the natural parents of William Michael, were divorced by decree entered on January 7, 1980 in Superior Court, Litchfield Judicial District, State of Connecticut. On August 15, 1980, that court awarded custody of the child to the respondent herein, allowing the petitioner herein scheduled visitation with the…