Newman v. Newman

The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether, in a marriage dissolution case, minor children who are represented by an attorney appointed by the trial court pursuant to General Statutes § 46b-54,1 but not by a guardian ad litem or next friend, may appeal from a judgment of the trial court concerning the support obligations of the children’s parents.2 The minor children appeal, following our grant of certification,3 from the judgment of the Appellate Court dismissing their appeal from the judgment of the trial court, which had modified the support obligation of the defendant, who is the…