DocketNumber: 13104
Citation Numbers: 205 Conn. 411
Filed Date: 12/1/1987
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 9/8/2022
On February 5, 1986, the plaintiff, Joseph Boccuzzi, commenced this action against the named defendant, Mary Choquette, in the Superior Court for the Stamford-Norwalk judicial district, seeking orders of custody, visitation and support concerning her child born out of wedlock whom he claimed to be his son. On March 10, 1986, the court admitted as a party defendant Joseph H. Choquette, the named defendant’s husband, who had obtained a decree dated August 27,1985, in which the Stamford Probate Court approved the stepparent adoption of the child by Mr. Choquette.
During the pendency of this appeal, the Stamford Probate Court has determined that the plaintiff is, in fact, the father of the child in question.
The order of dismissal is vacated and the matter is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.
In a proceeding to establish paternity brought by the plaintiff under General Statutes § 46b-172a, the court, relying on the results of blood tests performed on the mother, the child and the plaintiff, declared the plaintiff to be the father of the child as articulated in an order dated September 3, 1987.