J. B. v. K. B.

Citations

• 234 Conn. App. 124

Syllabus

The plaintiff, whose marriage to the defendant had previously been dis- solved, appealed from the trial court's judgment ordering the plaintiff to reimburse the defendant for certain medical and dental expenses incurred by their child after she had reached the age of majority. The plaintiff claimed that the court erred when it ordered him to pay 96 percent of those expenses in the absence of any express language in the parties' separation agreement requiring the parties to pay postmajority medical and dental expenses. Held: The trial court erred in construing the parties' separation agreement unam- biguously to require the plaintiff to reimburse the defendant for the child's postmajority medical and dental expenses because, as there was more than one reasonable interpretation of the agreement, the agreement was ambigu- ous as to whether the parties were obliged to pay those expenses, and, accordingly, the case was remanded for the trial court to make a factual determination regarding the intent of the parties, after consideration of any extrinsic evidence presented by the parties concerning that issue. Argued April 24—officially released August 5, 2025