FISH v. FISH

No. 17500.

939 A.2d 1040 (2008)

285 Conn. 24

Paula J. FISH v. Andrew J. FISH, Jr.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Kiefer, Hartford, for the appellant (defendant).

Robert J. Kor, with whom was Emily J. Moskowitz, West Hartford, for the minor child.

Campbell D. Barrett, Steven R. Deambo, Hartford and Justine Rakich-Kelly, filed a brief for the Children's Law Center as amicus curiae.

BORDEN, NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE, ZARELLA and SULLIVAN, Js.


ZARELLA, J.

In this postdissolution child custody proceeding, the issue before the court is whether a third party1 must satisfy the jurisdictional pleading requirements and burden of persuasion articulated in. Roth v. Weston, 259 Conn. 202, 234-35, 789 A.2d 431 (2002), when seeking the custody of a minor child over the objection of a fit parent.

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