Legal Opinion
Mangiante v. Niemiec
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided March 30, 2004No. AC 23789PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BISHOP, J.
The principal issues in this appeal are whether (1) the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (act), General Statutes §§ 45a-557 through 45a-560b, establishes a fiduciary relationship between a custodian and a minor and whether (2) the trial court improperly concluded that the defendant breached her fiduciary duty by using custodial funds to satisfy her child support obligations. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
*279The relevant facts are as follows. In 1996, pursuant to the act, the defendant, Theresa Mangiante Niemiec, established a savings account in the amount of $3920 for…
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