J. Y. v. M. R.

Citations

• 215 Conn. App. 648

Syllabus

The defendant mother appealed to this court from the trial court's adjudica- tion of several postjudgment motions for modification of custody and visitation orders relating to the parties' minor child and its issuance of additional orders related to the same. After the plaintiff father filed a custody application, the trial court approved an agreement between the parties, who had never been married, which provided that they would share joint legal custody of the child, with the child's primary residence being with the mother, and set forth a parenting schedule. Approximately one year later, the father filed a postjudgment motion to modify, requesting an increase in overnight visits and that his residence be designated as the child's primary residence for school purposes. There- after, the parties executed stipulation agreements revising the parenting schedule, which the trial court approved. The mother then filed a post- judgment motion for modification, seeking to impose certain restrictions on the father's parenting time. The trial court heard evidentiary hearings on the parties' motions for modification. Thereafter, it filed interim orders indicating, inter alia, that the parties would continue to share joint legal and physical custody of the child and were required to comply with the applicable rule of practice (§ 25-26 (g)) in filing any future motions for modification. A few months later, in response to health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the mother filed an applica- tion for an emergency ex parte order of custody, along with a second postjudgment motion for modification, which requested that the court temporarily deny the father visitation. The trial court declined to award ex parte relief but ordered a hearing to be held on the application and the motion. That hearing was postponed and never rescheduled. Thereafter, the trial court denied the mother's second modification motion and issued final orders relating to the parties' initial modificat