Stamford- Norwalk, Connecticut family law lawyer represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a divorce.


The parties were married in 2007 and have four minor children born issue of the marriage. The plaintiff commenced this action for dissolution on June 3, 2020.

By way of a memorandum of decision filed on November 9, 2022, following a trial at which both parties and ... More...    $0 (08-20-2024 - CT)

.Thedefendant,EstrellaJ.C.,appealsfrom the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial,oftwocountsofriskofinjurytoachildinviolation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2) and one count of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court committed reversible error by (1) admitting into evidence a video recordin... More...    $0 (10-22-2016 - CT)

Thedefendant,EstrellaJ.C.,appealsfrom the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial,oftwocountsofriskofinjurytoachildinviolation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2) and one count of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court committed reversible error by (1) admitting into evidence a video recording... More...    $0 (10-08-2016 - CT)

The issue that we must resolve in this appeal is whether the trial court properly granted the state’s motion to forcibly medicate the defendant, Lishan Wang, in order to restore his competency to stand trial. The defendant was charged with murder and various other offenses in connection with the shooting death of Vajinder Toorin the town of Branford on April 26, 2010. Over the next several years, ... More...    $0 (09-07-2016 - CT)

The defendant, William Castillo, appealsfromthejudgmentofconviction,renderedafter a jury trial, of attempt to commit robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-134 (a) (3), and attempt to commit robbery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a49 and 53a-135 (a) (1) (A). The defendant, who was nearly seventeen years old at the time of his arr... More...    $0 (05-18-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Carlos C., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, of one count of sexual assault in the first degree inviolationofGeneralStatutes§ 53a-70,andtwocounts of risk of injury to a child, one pursuant to General Statutes § 53a-21 (a) (1) and one pursuant to § 53a-21 (a) (2). On appeal, the defendant claims (1) that there wasinsufficientevidencetosupp... More...    $0 (04-25-2016 - CT)

The following facts and procedural history are relevant to this appeal. Santiago was born in Guatemala to the respondent on April 18, 2009. He was cared for since his birth, however, by Maria G., an Argentinian citizen and legal permanent resident of the United States who resided in Stamford, and, for some of that time, by Henry L., Maria G.’s husband.1 OnOctober16,2012,thecommissionerfiledamotion... More...    $0 (08-22-2015 - CT)

Cara Munn and her parents brought suit against the Hotchkiss
School after Munn contracted tick‐borne encephalitis on a schoolorganized
trip to China. At trial, a jury found Hotchkiss negligent and
awarded the Munns $41.5 million in damages, $31.5 of which were noneconomic
damages. On appeal, the school argues that it did not have a
legal duty to warn about or protect agai... More...    $0 (08-03-2015 - CT)

The respondent father appeals from the judgment of the trial court terminating his parental rights with respect to his minor child, Shane M.1 On appeal, the respondent argues the court improperly (1) terminated his parental rights pursuant to General Statutes § 17a-112 (j) based on an overly broad interpretation of the statute; (2) terminated his parental rights based on insufficient evidence; (3... More...    $0 (02-18-2014 - CT)

The defendant, Hector M., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, of two counts of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1), two counts of sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (2), two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2)... More...    $0 (02-24-2014 - CT)

Defendantsâ€�appellants appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court of the District of Connecticut (Vanessa L. Bryant, Judge) awarding $32,489.29 in attorney’s fees and costs to plaintiffâ€�appellee. The issue presented by this case is whether a defendant remains liable for plaintiff’s attorney’s fees accrued after defendant offered a settlement that included the maximum avail... More...    $0 (11-20-2013 - cT)

The defendant, Vernon Stancuna, appeals from certain postjudgment orders entered by the trial court in this dissolution action. Specifically, the defendant claims that the court abused its discretion by (1) permitting the plaintiff, Liubov Stancuna, to travel with the parties’ minor children outside of the United States without prior notice to the defendant and (2) requiring that the defendant p... More...    $0 (05-08-2012 - CT)

This case comes before us upon our acceptance of certified questions of law from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199b (d).1 The certified questions are: (1) Under Connecticut law, does absolute quasi-judicial immunity extend to conservators appointed by the Connecticut Probate Court?; (2) Under Connecticut law, does absolute quasi-judici... More...    $0 (04-04-2012 - CT)

This case raises the question of whether the putative father of a child, upon learning that he was deceived by his wife, the child’s mother, and the child’s biological father as to the child’s paternity, is estopped from recovering from the biological father funds that the putative father expended to raise the child while believing her to be his offspring. The plaintiff, Eric Fischer, appeal... More...    $0 (02-07-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff-mother, Denise E. Brown, appeals from two separate orders of the trial court regarding modifications to pendente lite visitation orders. In her appeal of the trial court’s May 18, 2010 order (first appeal), the mother claims that the court abused its discretion by improperly (1) utilizing a ‘‘future best interests’’ standard in awarding increased visitation to the defendant... More...    $0 (11-07-2011 - CT)

The plaintiff, Marlene Balaska, appeals from the postdissolution order of the trial court modifying the visitation of the defendant, Richard Balaska, with respect to their minor child, C. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court: (1) abused its discretion by modifying the visitation order without finding a substantial change in circumstances or finding that modification was in the best inter... More...    $0 (08-02-2011 - CT)

Plaintiff-Appellant Dr. Evan Hart appeals from a judgment entered on February 11, 2010, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Holly B. Fitzsimmons, Magistrate Judge), following the District Court’s grant of a February 9, 2010 oral motion of Defendants-Appellees Family Dental Group, PC (“FDGâ€�) and its president, Kenneth Epstein, for judgment as a matter of law p... More...    $0 (05-31-2011 - CT)

The plaintiff, Aaron Manor, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a trial to the court, in favor of the defendant, Janet A. Irving. The plaintiff claims that the court improperly (1) failed to find that the defendant breached her contract with the plaintiff and (2) awarded attorney’s fees to the defendant pursuant to General Statutes § 42- 150bb. We agree with the p... More...    $0 (02-18-2011 - CT)

The plaintiff mother, Nicole Thompson, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendant father, Kevin Rhodes, awarding him primary physical custody of their child.

On appeal, the plaintiff raises various claims that focus on whether the court abused its discretion during the proceedings and in its decision to award the defendant primary physical custody of the... More...    $0 (12-21-2010 - CT)

The plaintiffs, John G. Voris and Joan Voris, appeal1 from the summary judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendants, Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company (Middlesex) and Middle Oak Company (Middle Oak), in the plaintiffs’ action seeking a declaration requiring the defendants to provide the plaintiffs with underinsured motorist benefits. This case presents three issues on appeal,... More...    $0 (07-20-2010 - CT)

The plaintiff, Debra Tomlinson, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the motion of the defendant, John A. Tomlinson, to modify the unallocated alimony and child support order incorporated by reference into the judgment dissolving the parties’ marriage and from the judgment of the court denying her motion for contempt. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that (1) the court improperly... More...    $0 (02-08-2010 - CT)

These are consolidated appeals. The plaintiff, Robert J. Rossman, brought an action arising from a business dispute with the defendants Guardian Alarm Services, Inc. (Guardian Alarm), Tracy Emro, Jerome Terracino and Thomas Terracino and Patricia A. Morasco, Jerome Terracino’s son and wife, respectively.

Guardian Alarm brought a counterclaim against the plaintiff. The jury found in favor ... More...    $0 (06-23-2009 - CT)

14 In this case — a dispute about how to count to three — the plaintiffs-
15 appellants are Medicare beneficiaries who appeal from a grant of summary
16 judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
17 (Hall, J.). Each of them spent at least three days in the hospital but was
18 discharged less than three days after having been formally admitted, ... More...    $0 (01-16-2009 - CT)

In this appeal, the issue to be determined is whether General Statutes § 46b-56c1 requires the trial court that renders a judgment of dissolution to inform parties who are parents of children who have not attained twenty-three years of age that if no educational support order has been entered, one may not be entered thereafter. We answer the question in the affirmative and, thus, reverse... More...    $0 (12-27-2004 - CT)

In this appeal from the judgment of dissolution of the parties' marriage, the defendant, Alexa Robelle- Pyke, claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied her motions for a continuance to allow her treating psychiatrist to testify at trial regarding claimed severe depression, (2) ruled on her application for a guardian ad litem to protect her interests, (3) denied her motion for a c... More...    $0 (03-06-2004 - CT)

This appeal arises in connection with a dissolution of marriage between the plaintiff, Mark A. Shapiro and the defendant, Susan K. Shapiro. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court finding him in contempt of court, granting sole custody of the parties' children to the defendant and ordering him to pay attorney's fees to the defendant. We reverse the judgment of the tria... More...    $0 (12-15-2003 - CT)

This matter has been the subject of extensive, unnecessary litigation in which a minor child has been the pawn in a parental conflict in the court system. The plaintiff mother, Gina M. G., appeals from the postjudgment orders of the trial court concerning the right of the defendant father, William C., to have unsupervised visitation with the parties' child, the court's finding that the p... More...    $0 (06-23-2003 - CT)

The record discloses that the court dissolved the parties’ marriage on October 7, 1998. There is one minor child of the marriage. On June 28, 2000, the plaintiff filed a moti... More...    $0 (11-12-2002 - CT)

In this breach of contract action for failure to pay attorney's fees, the defendant, Guardian Systems, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Donald A. Mitchell. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) rendered judgment in accordance with the conclusion of attorney trial referee (referee) that the cause of action was not ... More...    $0 (09-10-2002 - CT)

The plaintiffs, Lisa Macomber and Kathryn Huaman, the custodian for Joshua Adickes,1 appeal2 from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendants, namely, Travelers Group, Inc. (Travelers Group), Travelers Property Casualty Corporation (Travelers Casualty), Travelers Equity Sales, Inc. (Travelers Equity), Travelers Life and Annuity Company (Travelers Annuity), and Salomo... More...    $0 (09-03-2002 - CT)

Steven A. Ayres, guardian for Alissa Nash, minor, brought a medical malpractice action against defendant Jesus Yap, M.D. and Karl Alcan, M.D., cardiologists, and St. Joseph Medical Center. The medical center settled with plaintiff prior to trial. Plaintiff claimed the defendants' negligence caused the minor to suffer irreversible pulmonary disease. Plaintiff states the named cardiologists failed... More...    $2315000 (02-16-1999 - CT)