Legal Opinion
Mulholland v. Mulholland
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 14, 1994No. 14821PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether, after a child support order has been reversed on appeal, a trial court may render a judgment of civil contempt for wilful failure to pay that support order if the acts constituting the contempt occurred prior to the reversal. The defendant appeals, upon our grant of certification,1 from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the trial court that held the defendant in civil contempt of court.
The defendant claims that the Appellate Court improperly affirmed the trial court’s contempt judgment because the intervening appellate…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Maness v. MeyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Cologne v. Westfarms AssociatesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Monroe v. MonroeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Turner v. TurnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ahneman v. AhnemanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Tomasso Bros. v. October Twenty-Four, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Sablosky v. SabloskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. RodriguezConnecticut Appellate Court · 1995
- Usowski v. JacobsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
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