178 Conn. App. 424 - Kent v. DiPaola’s Empirical Analysis

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24 state decisions

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1. “In fixing the nature and value of the property, if any, to be assigned, the court, after considering all the evidence presented by each party, shall consider the length of the marriage, the causes for the annulment, dissolution of the marriage or legal separation, the age, health, station, occupation, amount and sources of income, earning capacity, vocational skills, education, employability, estate, liabilities and needs of each of the parties and the opportunity of each for future acquisition of capital assets and income. The court shall also consider the contribution of each of the parties in the acquisition, preservation or appreciation in value of their respective estates.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Conn. App. 460 - Conroy v. Idlibi

2. “The construction of a judgment is a question of law for the court.... We review such questions of law de novo.... As a general rule, judgments are construed in the same fashion as other written instruments.... The determinative factor is the intention of the court as gathered from all parts of the judgment.... The judgment should admit of a consistent construction as a whole.... To determine the meaning of a judgment, we must ascertain the intent of the court from the language used and, if necessary, the surrounding circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 221 - U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. v. Giblen

3. “While the trial court must consider the delineated statutory criteria ... no single criterion is preferred over others, and the court is accorded wide latitude in varying the weight placed upon each item under the peculiar circumstances of each case.... A trial court ... need not give each factor equal weight ... or recite the statutory criteria that it considered in making its decision or make express findings as to each statutory factor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Conn. App. 823 - Riccio v. Riccio