Yanavich v. Yanavich

Citations

• 228 Conn. App. 444

Syllabus

The defendant appealed from the trial court's denial of his motion to modify alimony and child support and its grant of his motion for contempt, claiming, inter alia, that the court improperly failed to impose sanctions on the plaintiff after finding her in contempt for violating the terms of the dissolution judgment. Held: The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to modify alimony and child support, as its finding that the distributions the defendant took from the retained earnings of the S corporation in which he was the sole shareholder constituted income for purposes of his alimony and child sup- port obligations was not clearly erroneous, and it correctly determined that there had been no substantial change in circumstances to warrant a modification. The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it failed to impose sanctions on the plaintiff for her contemptuous behavior because its remedial response was well within the scope of its discretionary authority. Argued May 23—officially released October 8, 2024