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COOKSON v. COOKSON

(12761)

201 Conn. 229 (1986)

MARY ELLEN COOKSON v. EDWIN COOKSON

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penn Rhodeen, with whom, on the brief, were William F. Gallagher and Eileen M. Quinn, law student intern, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Donna Decker Morris, for the appellee (defendant).

Patty Jenkins Pittman, for the minor children.

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, DANNEHY, CALLAHAN and STOUGHTON, Js.

CALLAHAN, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff mother, Mary Ellen Cookson, from the modification of a dissolution of marriage judgment which modification transferred custody of three minor children from the plaintiff to the defendant father, Edwin Cookson. The plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in granting the motion for modification by: (1) applying a preponderance of the evidence rather than a clear and convincing evidence standard of proof; (2) substituting...

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