CANTY v. OTTO

No. 18610.

41 A.3d 280 (2012)

304 Conn. 546

Regina CANTY, Administratrix (Estate of Shamaia Smith) v. Kathleen J. OTTO.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proloy K. Das , with whom was Glenn E. Coe , Hartford, for the appellant (defendant).

Stephen F. McEleney , Hartford, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Campbell D. Barrett , Arnold H. Rutkin , Westport, and Jon T. Kukucka , Hartford, filed a brief for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Connecticut Chapter, as amicus curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and HARPER, Js.


EVELEIGH, J.

The defendant, Kathleen J. Otto, appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court granting the application of the plaintiff, Regina Canty, administratrix of the estate of Shamaia Smith, for a prejudgment remedy. On appeal, the defendant contends that the plaintiff, who is a creditor of her debtor spouse, Kenneth Otto, Sr. (Otto), cannot collect the debt from the defendant, a nondebtor...

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