D'Ascanio v. D'Ascanio

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• determining that enforceability of a settlement terminating alimony in the event of cohabitation depends on whether court has approved agreement as fair and equitable
• determining that enforceability of a settlement terminating alimony in the event of cohabitation depends on whether court has approved agreement as fair and equitable
• evidence sufficient when defendant’s cohabitation resulted in contribution from cohabitant of $100 per week
• “[t]his court may reject a factual finding if it is clearly erroneous, in that as a matter of law it is unsupported by the record, incorrect, or otherwise mistaken” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• discussing standard under subsection [b] of § 46b-86
• trial court has “ ‘unique opportunity to view the evidence presented in a totality of circumstances, i.e., including its observations of the demeanor and conduct of the witnesses and parties, which is not fully reflected in the cold, printed record which is available to us’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Konzelman v. Konzelman
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1999-05-12· cited 167×
• State v. Santiago
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-07-14· cited 99×
• State v. Michael J.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-05· cited 53×
• State v. Nguyen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-07-18· cited 50×
• Somers v. Chan
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2008-09-30· cited 42×
• Blum v. Blum
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2008-07-22· cited 40×
• D'Angelo v. McGoldrick
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-12-03· cited 38×
• Lucas v. Lucas
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-12-05· cited 36×
• Gervais v. Gervais
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2005-10-11· cited 36×
• Doody v. Doody
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2007-02-13· cited 25×
• Benedetto v. Wanat
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2003-09-02· cited 22×
• Spencer v. Spencer
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2017-10-31· cited 10×
• DeMaria v. DeMaria
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1998-02-24· cited 9×
• Nation-Bailey v. Bailey
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2013-07-23· cited 7×
• Konzelman v. Konzelman
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1998-01-16· cited 6×
• Gorton v. Gorton
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2003-10-21· cited 3×
• Boreen v. Boreen
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2019-09-03· cited 1×
• Nation-Bailey v. Bailey
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2015-04-21
• Grimes v. Grimes
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-05-20
• Fazio v. Fazio
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2016-01-05

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kaplan v. Kaplan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-02· cited 139×
• Fleming v. Garnett
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-23· cited 109×
• Sands v. Sands
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-17· cited 59×
• Hayes v. Beresford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-07-07· cited 51×
• Kaplan v. Kaplan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-07-21· cited 50×
• Lupien v. Lupien
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-03-13· cited 46×
• Mihalyak v. Mihalyak
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-03-02· cited 33×
• Duhl v. Duhl
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1986-04-15· cited 19×