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RINFRET v. PORTER

(AC 38753).

164 A.3d 812 (2017)

173 Conn.App. 498

Peter Alan RINFRET v. Melissa Jayne PORTER.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 30, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlo Forzani , with whom, on the brief, was Eric H. Rothauser , Hartford, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Thomas M. Cassone , Stamford, for the appellee (defendant).

Sheldon, Prescott and Pellegrino, Js.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court improperly awarded the defendant, Melissa Jayne Porter, her attorney's fees under the bad faith exception to the "American rule"1 by broadly concluding that the underlying custody action brought by the plaintiff, Peter Alan Rinfret, was both...

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