Legal Opinion
Miano v. Thorne
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 26, 1991No. 14118PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGlass, J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the 1955 enactment of General Statutes (Sup. 1955) § SOOOd,1 the first legislation in Connecticut authorizing courts to decree a “legal separation” of married persons, retroactively applies to previously entered equitable decrees of separate maintenance and support, thereby transforming such decrees into decrees of legal separation. Because § 3006d provided a remedy that altered substantive marital rights and obligations, we conclude that the legislature intended it to be prospective in application. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the…
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