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PAULA J. FISH v. ANDREW J. FISH, JR. (SC 17500)
Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille, Zarella and Sullivan, Js.* Argued September 18, 2006--officially released January 15, 2008

Louis Kiefer, for the appellant (defendant). Robert J. Kor, with whom was Emily J. Moskowitz, for the minor child. Campbell D. Barrett, Steven R. Dembo and Justine Rakich-Kelly filed a brief for the Children's Law Center as amicus curiae.

Opinion

ZARELLA, J. In this postdissolution child custody proceeding, the issue before the court is whether a third party1 must satisfy the jurisdictional pleading requirements and burden of persuasion articulated in Roth v. Weston, 259 Conn. 202, 234

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