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HOWARD B. SOSIN v. SUSAN F. SOSIN (SC 18238)
Norcott, Palmer, Vertefeuille, Zarella and Flynn, Js.* Argued May 27, 2010--officially released February 22, 2011

Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Daniel Jonah Krisch and Mark R. Soboslai, for the appellant-appellee (plaintiff). Charles D. Ray, with whom were Frederic J. Siegel and Matthew A. Weiner, for the appellee-appellant (defendant).

Opinion

PALMER, J. This certified appeal and cross appeal arise from a marital dissolution action brought by the plaintiff, Howard B. Sosin, against the defendant, Susan F. Sosin. The trial court rendered a judgment of dissolution and, as part of the distribution of marital assets, ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendant the sum of $24,000,000 out of certain bank and brokerage accounts. The plaintiff filed a motion to reargue in which he noted several errors that the trial court had made in distributing certain personal property. Thereafter, the plaintiff filed an amended motion to reargue in which he claimed that the lump sum payment should be reduced by $1,825,000 because the trial court had overvalued a bank account by $3,650,000. The trial court granted the plaintiff's first motion to reargue and issued an order reducing the lump sum payment to the defendant to $23,834,900 but denied the amended motion to reargue. When the plaintiff paid the defendant $20,006,819, the defendant filed a motion for contempt. The trial court then ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendant $3,828,081 plus interest pursuant to General Statutes

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