Thomas v. Cleary

Citations

• 229 Conn. App. 15

Syllabus

The defendant appealed from the trial court's judgment adjudicating several postjudgment motions in the underlying custody action involving the parties' minor children. On appeal, the defendant claimed, inter alia, that the court improperly granted the plaintiff's postjudgment motion for the modification of custody. Held: This court declined to consider the propriety of certain factual findings made in connection with the trial court's earlier judgment because the defendant's challenge to those findings amounted to an impermissible collat- eral attack on the prior judgment. The trial court's finding that the defendant had made another false accusation of abuse against the plaintiff was supported by abundant evidence and, thus, was not clearly erroneous. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting the plaintiff's motion for modification because the court's factual findings supported a determina- tion that there was a material change in circumstances and that it was in the best interests of the parties' children to grant the motion. This court declined to review the defendant's inadequately briefed claim that the trial court improperly denied her motion to disqualify the judi- cial authority. Submitted on briefs May 29—officially released November 5, 2024