Bouffard v. Lewis

Citations

• 203 Conn. App. 116

Syllabus

The defendant, whose marriage to the plaintiff had previously been dis- solved, appealed from the trial court's denial of his motion to modify alimony and child support and from the granting of the plaintiff's motion for contempt relating to the defendant's failure to make alimony and child support payments. The trial court ordered the defendant to make payments of the alimony and child support arrearages in granting the motion for contempt. The defendant claimed that his obligation to make the payments was stayed by filing an appeal. Thereafter, the trial court ordered an appellate stay on the defendant's obligation to make the payments, and the plaintiff filed a motion for review to this court, claiming that the court's imposition of a stay was improper. Held that the trial court's orders to the defendant to make payments of periodic alimony and child support arrearages were not subject to an automatic appellate stay both by virtue of the relevant rule of practice (§ 61-11 (c)) and because the orders were issued in connection with a judgment finding the defendant in contempt. Considered December 16, 2020—officially released March 9, 2021