Carten v. Carten

Citations

• 203 Conn. App. 598

Syllabus

The defendant appealed to this court from the judgment of the trial court dissolving her marriage to the plaintiff. The defendant claimed that the trial court erred in declining to award her alimony. Held that the trial court properly exercised its broad discretion in declining to make an award of alimony to the defendant: the court considered the statutory (§ 46b-82) factors in determining whether alimony should be awarded, assessed the credibility of the parties' trial testimony, finding certain testimony of the defendant to be not credible, and, based on the evidence presented, found that the parties were able to continue the standard of living to which they were accustomed during the marriage, considering the defendant's average gross income, education and employability, as well as the division of marital property, and the defendant did not challenge any of the factual findings that supported the court's decision not to award alimony. Argued January 13—officially released March 30, 2021