Rubin v. Rubin

This case raises the question whether, in a dissolution action, the awarding to one spouse of a share of the assets which the other spouse may acquire in the future under his mother’s will and on termination of an inter vivos trust, runs afoul of the rule of Krause v. Krause, 174 Conn. 361, 387 A.2d 548 (1978). That case held that testimony concerning the potential inheritance of a spouse is speculative and therefore inadmissible. We hold that no per se rule governs admission of such testimony but rather each case rests upon its own factual foundation, and that in this case where fundamental…