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Turner v. Turner

Citations

  • 219 Conn. 703
  • 595 A.2d 297
  • 1991 Conn. LEXIS 380

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  • holding that modifications of child support orders as to future support payments shall be based on the guidelines existing at the time of the modification even for support orders issued prior to the effective date of the guidelines.
  • ‘‘compelling principles of statutory construction . . . require us to construe [an ambigu- ous] statute in a manner that will not thwart its intended purpose’’
  • ‘‘compelling principles of statutory construction . . . require us to construe [an ambigu- ous] statute in a manner that will not thwart its intended purpose’’
  • ‘‘[a]ccording to well established principles of statutory construction, an amendment that construes and clari- fies a prior statute operates as the legislature’s declara- tion of the meaning of the original act’’
  • discussing and interpreting the Connecticut statute in light of its legislative history
  • “[A]n amendment that construes and clarifies a prior statute operates as the legislature’s declaration of the meaning of the original act.”

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Judges: Peters

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