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MANTER v. MANTER

185 Conn. 502 (1981)

BONNIE MANTER v. JOHN MANTER

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released December 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Cantor, with whom were Edward J. Hyman and, on the brief, Joel M. Ellis, for the appellant (intervenor Allan D. Coombs).

Robert J. Cathcart, with whom was Mary M. Ackerly, for the appellee (plaintiff).

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

PETERS, J.

The issue in this case is whether a divorced adoptive father who has permitted his former wife's second husband to adopt his children may, more than a year following the latter's divorce, intervene to regain custody of the children. The appellant's motion to intervene was denied by the trial court, and he appeals from that denial.

Prospective third party intervenor Allan Dexter Coombs married Brenda Mae Coombs in March,

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