DINAN v. PATTEN

No. 19204.

116 A.3d 275 (2015)

317 Conn. 185

Althea DINAN v. Anne PATTEN et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 16, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Kupinse, Jr. , with whom were Andrew M. McPherson , and, on the brief, Dennis M. Laccavole and Walter A. Flynn, Jr. , Bridgeport, for the appellant-cross appellee (plaintiff).

Michael P. Kaelin , with whom was William N. Wright , Stamford, for the appellees-cross appellants (named defendant et al.).

Jeffrey A. Cooper , Bridgeport, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

Kelley Galica Peck , Richard A. Marone , Hartford, and Marilyn B. Fagelson , New Haven, filed a brief for the Connecticut Bar Association as amicus curiae.

PALMER, ZARELLA, McDONALD, ESPINOSA, ROBINSON and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.


The present case requires us to consider the method by which General Statutes § 45a-4361 (spousal share statute) requires a surviving spouse's statutory share to be calculated. The plaintiff, Althea Dinan, appeals, and the defendant Anne Patten, individually...

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