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Foti, Mihalakos and Spallone, Js. Argued May 5--officially released July 18, 2000

C. Michael Budlong and Campbell D. Barrett, for the appellant-appellee (defendant). Andrew J. Spinnell, with whom, on the brief, were Wendy A. Grispin and Sheldon A. Rosenbaum, for the appellee-appellant (plaintiff).
Opinion

SPALLONE, J. These consolidated appeals arise from the postjudgment financial orders of the trial court that stem from a 1993 judgment of dissolution in New Hampshire. In appeal no. 19019, the defendant, Anne B. Lowe, claims that the court, Owens, J., in fashioning new financial orders after the New Hampshire court's orders had been vacated, improperly adopted the terms of the parties' original stipulation for judgment, which had been set aside on the basis of fraud by the court, Axelrod, J. In appeal no. 19191, the plaintiff, Norman H. Lowe, claims that the court, Owens, J., improperly (1)

awarded alimony to the defendant in contravention of New Hampshire law and (2) failed to classify its alimony award as being periodic in nature. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. The following facts are relevant to the resolution of these appeals. Prior to dissolution of their twenty-three year marriage, the parties, who were residents of New Hampshire, entered into a stipulation for permanent orders wherein they agreed that the plaintiff would make alimony payments to the defendant for a period of five years in the amount of $2000 per month for the first two years and $1200 per month for the next three years, at which time the plaintiff's alimony obligation would terminate. The parties also agreed that the defendant would receive the entire net proceeds from the sale of the jointly owned marital residence and onehalf of the plaintiff's pension plan. The plaintiff filed a financial affidavit in conjunction with the stipulation. On January 26, 1993, the New Hampshire Superior Court entered judgment dissolving the marriage and establishing financial orders in accordance with the stipulation. The plaintiff subsequently moved to Connecticut. The defendant, believing that the plaintiff's financial affidavit did not accurately reflect his income and assets, filed the New Hampshire judgment in the Superior Court pursuant to General Statutes

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