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Family Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Greenlee, Rebecca

 

AC 45572 - R. G.-R. v. S. R. ("In this postjudgment dissolution matter, the plaintiff, R. G.-R., appeals from the judgments of the trial court awarding the defendant, S. R., sole legal and physical custody of their minor child. On appeal, the plaintiff challenges postjudgment orders made by the court on May 26 and October 26, 2022. As to the May 26, 2022 judgment, the plaintiff claims that the court erred by granting the defendant’s motion to modify custody and motions for contempt filed by the defendant and the guardian ad litem, and denying a motion for contempt that she filed. As to the October 26, 2022 judgment, she claims that her constitutional right to procedural due process was violated when the court modified custody without affording her notice and a hearing and that the court failed to base the modification on the best interest of the minor child or a substantial change in circumstances. We dismiss as moot the plaintiff’s appeal from the May 26, 2022 judgment, except the portions of the appeal that challenge the court’s contempt rulings, which we affirm in part and reverse in part. We also dismiss as moot the plaintiff’s appeal from the October 26, 2022 judgment.")