PARROTTA v. PARROTTA

No. 31085.

988 A.2d 383 (2010)

119 Conn.App. 472

Lorraine PARROTTA v. Michael PARROTTA.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly A. Knox, with whom were Kenneth J. Bartschi and, on the brief, Karen L. Dowd, Hartford, and Amy L. Greenberg, Stamford, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Samuel V. Schoonmaker IV, Greenwich, with whom was Wendy Dunne DiChristina, for the appellee (defendant).

Michelle S. Cruz and Hakima Bey-Coon filed a brief for the office of the victim advocate as amicus curiae.

BISHOP, GRUENDEL and HARPER, Js.


BISHOP, J.

In this marital dissolution case, the plaintiff, Lorraine Parrotta, appeals from the order of the trial court lifting, in part, the automatic orders1 that apply to all dissolution cases and allowing the defendant, Michael Parrotta, to expend $100,000 for attorney's fees to defend himself in a criminal matter involving an alleged assault on the plaintiff.2 Because we conclude

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