PRESSLEY v. PRESSLEY


185 Conn. 180 (1981)

PAULINE PRESSLEY v. WILLIAM PRESSLEY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paige J. Everin, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Carl B. Ajello, attorney general, for the appellant (state).

Edward H. Smith, pro se, as court-appointed trustee, with whom, on the brief, was Edwin C. Higgins III.

John P. Spilka, for the appellee (plaintiff).

BOGDANSKI, C. J., SPEZIALE, PETERS, PARSKEY and ARMENTANO, JS.


PARSKEY, J.

The genesis of this appeal is a dissolution proceeding between the named parties. The attorney general became a party, pursuant to General Statutes § 46b-55,1 by virtue of the commitment, on May 24, 1978, of one of the children of the marriage to the custody of the department of children and youth services, which placed him at Mount Saint John's School with state funding. In the dissolution decree the court ordered the...

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