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MARROCCO v. GIARDINO

(SC 16427)

255 Conn. 617 (2001)

MARGUERITA MARROCCO v. MICHAEL A. GIARDINO

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released April 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin D. Wheeler, with whom were Claudine Siegel and, on the brief, Joanne Lewis and Terrence R. Real, for the appellant (defendant).

Patricia Pac, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Donald M. Longley, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (state). Lucy Potter and Shelley White filed a brief for the Connecticut Legal Rights Project et al. as amici curiae.

Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and Sullivan, Js.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether, in an action for child support, the use of the "best interests of the child" criterion may justify an order against the noncustodial parent to pay child support from his public assistance benefits, an obligation otherwise proscribed by the child support and arrearage guidelines (guidelines).1 The trial court approved a ruling by a family support magistrate...

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