SANDS v. SANDS


188 Conn. 98 (1982)

DWIGHT SANDS v. NANCY SANDS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Woodward Lewis, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was Ellen L. Sostman, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Stephen J. McGovern, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

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


ARTHUR H. HEALEY, J.

This appeal arises from a judgment of the trial court granting the plaintiff husband's action for dissolution of marriage on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown. The parties were married on September 24, 1977, and have one child, born on October 30, 1977. The decree granted custody of the minor child to the defendant wife, with the plaintiff having reasonable visitation rights, including one week in the summer. The decree also ordered the plaintiff...

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