Legal Opinion
Townsley v. Townsley
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 28, 1995No. 13147PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the plaintiffs motion to open a judgment of dissolution.1 The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court improperly opened the dissolution judgment as to all issues when the plaintiffs motion to open was for a limited discrete purpose.2 We reverse the judgment of the trial court.
The underlying facts are undisputed. In 1989, the plaintiff, Sharon Townsley, instituted a dissolution action against the defendant, Thomas Townsley. On February 8, 1990, a judgment of dissolution was rendered by the court. The judgment…
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