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Archive for February, 2008

The Right To Dry: Connnecticut, Clotheslines, Apartments and Condos

 
Bill Leukhardt of the Hartford Courant wrote this interesting article on a bill before the legislature that would give tenants and residents of condominiums and apartment buildings “the right to dry” their clothes using solar power.  
Here is a link to the bill itself.
The  “right to dry” bill would allow landlords and condominium associations the right to prohibit clotheslines provided [...]

The Healthcare Crisis Plays Out In Connecticut Small Claims Courts

Last night, I watched part of the debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
As the candidates spent the first 17 minutes of the debate discussing healthcare insurance, it occurred to me that the last time I was in Small Claims Court that most of the cases on the docket involved defendants who were being sued for unpaid [...]

When Cats Attack

 
So often it’s the dogs that get all of the bad press. Here at aconnecticutlawblog, make no bones about it – I’m a dog person.
In the interest of equal time, I’ve decided to write about cat bite  law.
Today, the Connecticut Supreme Court released an opinion holding that when a cat has a propensity to attack other cats, knowledge [...]

Citing The Wrong Floor Results In A Defective Notice To Quit

Judge Weise in Hartford Housing Session held that a notice to quit was defective when it named the right street, right room number, but wrong floor. Lim v. Dasilva (Doc. No. HDSP-144141 (Weise J.). The defendant resided in room number six on the third floor and the notice to quit described the premises as room number [...]

Turn On Your Headlights During A Snowstorm

Driving to work today, in a snowstorm, I noticed several cars operating without their headlights on. Not only is driving without your headlights on really stupid, potentially negligent, and dangerous – it’s illegal in Connecticut:

Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall display such lighted lamps and illuminating devices as may be required …  at any time during [...]

Connecticut Criminal Records Now Online

I just recently discovered that the Judicial Branch Website has been updated to include Conviction and Bond Forfeiture Dispositions for Criminal and Motor Vehicle offenses since 2000.  The site is now searchable by a criminal defendant’s last name. Click here for the link. 
The site has the following disclaimers:

Each Criminal And Motor Vehicle Charge Disposed On [...]

Connecticut Evictions: Obtaining Judgment By Default

The notice to quit has been properly drafted and served. The complaint is both proper and has been served both properly on the tenant. The tenant has failed to appear after the return date and you are ready to file a motion for judgment by default for failing to appear.
Not so fast, how can you prove your tenant is not [...]

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Taking Wine Home From Connecticut Restaurants

 
 Have you ever ordered a bottle of wine in a restaurant, enjoyed it, but did not finish it with your meal?
In Connecticut, you can ask your server to put more than just your meal in your “doggie bag.”  By statute a restaurant patron is allowed to remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-premises consumption [...]

Adoptions in Connecticut: Adopting Adults

Ever wish you were adopted by a wealthy person?
Generally, when I think of adoption, I think of an adult adopting a minor child. However, an adult in Connecticut can agree to be adopted by another adult. Here’s the statute:
Any person eighteen years of age or older may, by written agreement with another person at least eighteen years [...]

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