140 Conn. App. 676 - Cunningham v. Cunningham’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[o]n its face, the statutory scheme regarding financial orders appurtenant to dissolution proceedings prohibits the retention of jurisdiction over orders regarding lump sum alimony or the division of the marital estate.... General Statutes § 46b-82... provides that the court may order alimony [a]t the time of entering the [divorce] decree .... General Statutes § 46b-86, however, explicitly permits only modifications of any final order[s] for the periodic payment of permanent alimony .... Consequently, the statute confers authority on the trial courts to retain continuing jurisdiction over orders of periodic alimony, but not over lump sum alimony or property distributions pursuant to § 46b-81.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 22 - Krahel v. Czoch

2. “As a general framework, [t]here are three stages of analysis regarding the equitable distribution of each resource: first, whether the resource is property within ... § 46b-81 to be equitably distributed (classification); second, what is the appropriate method for determining the value of the property (valuation); and third, what is the most equitable distribution of the property between the parties (distribution).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 424 - Kent v. DiPaola