124 Conn. App. 204 - Kaczynski v. Kaczynski’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “[Section] 46b-81 (c) directs the court to consider numerous separately listed criteria. No language of presumption is contained in the statute. Indeed, § 46b-81 (a) permits the farthest reaches from an equal division as is possible, allowing the court to assign to either the husband or wife all or any part of the estate of the other.... On the basis of the plain language of § 46b-81, there is no presumption in Connecticut that marital property should be divided equally prior to applying the statutory criteria.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 138 - Keller v. Keller · 190 Conn. App. 169 - Oudheusden v. Oudheusden

2. “It is well settled that [i]n dissolution proceedings, the court must fashion its financial orders in accordance with the criteria set forth in General Statutes §§ 46b-81 (division of marital property), 46b-82 (alimony) and 46b-84 (child support). All three statutory provisions require consideration of the parties' amount and sources of income in determining the appropriate division of property and size of any child support or alimony award.... We note also that [t]he trial court may place varying degrees of importance on each criterion according to the factual circumstances of each case.... There is no additional requirement that the court specifically state how it weighed the statutory criteria or explain in detail the importance assigned to each statutory factor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 138 - Keller v. Keller

3. “[A] fundamental principle in dissolution actions is that a trial court may exercise broad discretion in ... dividing property as long as it considers all relevant statutory criteria.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 138 - Keller v. Keller