Sousa v. Sousa

In this certified appeal, we consider whether it is so "entirely obvious" that a trial court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to modify a property distribution in a dissolution of marriage judgment that such a modification, rendered in accordance with a stipulation by the parties, is subject to collateral attack under Vogel v. Vogel, 178 Conn. 358 , 362-63, 422 A.2d 271 (1979), and § 12 of the Restatement (Second) of Judgments. 1 The plaintiff, Eric P. Sousa, appeals, upon our grant of his petition for certification, 2 from the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the judgment of the…