Sonthonnax v. Xing

Citations

• 232 Conn. App. 610

Syllabus

The defendant appealed from the trial court's judgment dissolving her mar- riage to the plaintiff and issuing certain financial orders. The defendant claimed that the financial orders were based on a clearly erroneous factual finding with respect to the plaintiff's income. Held: The trial court's finding as to the plaintiff's gross weekly income was without evidentiary support and thus clearly erroneous, as that finding was based on the plaintiff's financial affidavit, which significantly underreported his gross base income from one of his employers. Because the trial court expressly considered its erroneous factual finding as to the plaintiff's income when issuing its alimony and child support orders, which were not severable from the court's property distribution orders, the judgment was reversed as to all financial orders and the case was remanded for a new trial on all financial issues, including the court's award of attorney's fees to the defendant's former counsel. Argued March 18—officially released May 13, 2025