Last week, Matt Curtiss posted about appointing a guardian for children as part of an estate plan. To add to what Matt wrote, here’s some of my thoughts: Revist your decision every year or so. There is no limit on how many times you can change a guardian under a will; Avoid co-guardians, it may …
Looking Out For Fido (Leaving Things In Your Will To Your Pets In Connecticut)
I like to generate content in this blog. Those are my best entries but sometimes the practice of law eats into the time I have to write the original content that I enjoy bringing you. So sometimes in this blog, I’m like Pompey. Pompey was my pet parakeet. Not only was he the best parakeet …
Connecticut Businesses And Landlords Need Their Clients/Tenants Social Security Numbers
Obtaining judgment by default is becoming more and more frustrating. When time is of the essence, either in an eviction or collection matter the last thing a litigant needs to happen is to have a clerk send back paperwork because some clerk doesn’t like your military affidavit. The affidavit requires a party to show facts …
Registering Facebook and LinkedIn Pages With The Connecticut Statewide Grievance Committee
Do Connecticut attorney’s have to register Facebook and LinkedIn pages that contain information about their employment and services they offer?
Hartford Housing Judges Busy Writing Opinions
Several years ago, I went to a landlord/tenant continuing legal education course. One of the instructors, a well respected authority on housing law, lamented that Connecticut Superior Court judges were not writing judicial opinions. The instructor said that the absence of judicial opinions on housing law harmed both landlords and tenants. Since that seminar, I’ve …
Mo Money, Mo Problems = Mo Appeals
In February, I wrote about two sisters who were fighting over a winning lottery ticket. Below, in bold, is an update on this case. The Connecticut Appeals Court has ruled a 1995 pact struck by two widowed sisters to split each other’s future gambling winnings is still binding despite the fact they no longer speak …
All Connecticut Courts Now Open At 8:30 a.m.
I read Chief Justice Rogers remarks to the Connecticut Bar Association which are available on the judicial branch website. Under the leadership of Chief Justice Rogers all Connecticut Courts are now open at 8:30 a.m. This is a welcome development. It used to be that different courts opened at different times and there was no easy …
Red Sox v. Yankees in Court
As I write this, it’s about 100 degrees outside and I’m sitting in my basement watching the Red Sox. I’m thinking about what to write for this week so I decided to search Connecticut case law for any Red Sox references. My search results yielded a total of six mentions of the “Red Sox.” I came …
Happy Memorial Day or Decoration Day (C.G.S. Sec. 1-4)
Connecticut General Statutes Section 1-4 designates the last Monday in May as Memorial Day or Decoration Day. Connecticut has a statute on nearly everything and eventually I’ll blog about them all. This blog is made possible by the right to free speech. Freedom of speech would not exist, but for, the men and women who have given their lives in service of Country. …
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