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Devoted to legal issues in Connecticut including housing, family, collections, real estate, probate, and personal injury.
By Ryan C. McKeen, Esq.

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Connecticut Law: Don?t Dye The Easter Bunny

Posted on March 20, 2008
In the Easter spirit, today, I’m taking a look at Connecticut rabbit law. Yes, Connecticut has a statute about rabbits. In Connnecticut, it is illegal for a person to sell or give away a live rabbit that has been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to import to them an artificial color...

St. Patrick?s Day: ?A Day To Be Proclaimed By The Governor?

Posted on March 17, 2008
Connecticut has law’s about everything or nearly everything and St. Patrick’s Day is no exception. St. Patrick’s Day is 1 of 51 Days a year that is “to be proclaimed by the Governor.” Click here for a complete list. By statute, “the Governor shall proclaim March seventeenth of each year to be St...

O?Child Support Legislation

Posted on March 14, 2008
With the prices of goods and fuel rising and money harder to come by, it should come as no surprise that the Legislature is looking to make some changes to Connecticut’s child support laws. The Courant ran this article last week about a bill that would lengthen the amount of time that an obligor was required to pay child [...

Taking Wine Home May Get A Little More Difficult

Posted on March 13, 2008
Last month, I wrote about taking an unfinished bottle of wine home from a restaurant. There is a bill pending before the legislature that would change the law to allow restaurant owners and employees to prevent intoxicated persons from removing an unfinished bottle of wine from the restaurant...

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$75,000 For What?

Posted on March 12, 2008
Today’s edition of legislators legislating in an election year: $75,000.00 of your tax dollars for a Hartford West Indian Independence Day Celebration. Representative Kirkley-Bey has proposed a bill that would allocate $75,000.00 of your money to support the celebration of Hartford’s West Indian Independence Day Celebration...

Legislature Considering Income Tax Deduction for Funeral Expenses

Posted on March 11, 2008
In case you needed another reason to pre-plan your funeral, the Legislature just may give you one. The Legislature is considering a bill that would allow individuals who earn less than $150,000.00 per year, and who pay state income tax a personal income tax deduction for funeral expenses not to exceed $5,000...

Connecticut Ticket Reselling Legislation

Posted on March 10, 2008
It’s election year and our legislatures are hard at work legislating. This week at www.aconnecticutlawblog.com , I’ll be taking a look at pending legislation in Connecticut. Each day, I’ll tackle a different bill. Today’s edition of legislators legislating in an election year is: ticket reselling...

Sunday Real Estate Contracts in Connecticut

Posted on March 07, 2008
Did you ever worry that if you entered into a real estate contract on a Sunday that it would be invalid? I haven’t and it turns out with good reason because Connecticut has a statute that says real estate contracts and leases entered into on Sundays are valid: No provision of section 53-302a shall be construed [...

Adverse Possession: The Pictures That Prove

Posted on March 06, 2008
In case you needed it, I have yet another reason to keep those old pictures of family picnics: adverse possession. Most broadly defined, adverse possession, is a method of acquiring title to real property without compensation by possession for a statutory period of time under certain conditions...

Avoiding a Conservatorship in Connecticut

Posted on March 05, 2008
Rick Green wrote this article about how ugly a conservatorship proceeding can turn in Connecticut. I’ve represented people who have been involved in very difficult conservatorship proceedings that end up being a drain on not only their finances but their dignity...

U.S. Supreme Court Shields Medical Device Makers From Liability

Posted on March 04, 2008
by Richard Cabelus At the outset of tort litigation it is common practice for a plaintiffs? attorney to sue all parties who were involved in the event which lead to their client?s damages. After all a good lawyer wants to keep all avenues of liability open, so that his client can recover, and hopefully be [...

Connecticut Probate Courts Lack Security

Posted on March 03, 2008
Last weekend, the Hartford Courant ran another editorial arguing for probate court consolidation. Lost in all of the politics of the situation is the glaring fact that Connecticut Probate Courts lack security. One of the issues that the Courant never seems to address in making the argument for consolidation is the lack of security in probate courts...

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

Posted on February 28, 2008
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 Healthcare Crisis Plays Out In Connecticut Small Claims Courts

Posted on February 27, 2008
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

Posted on February 26, 2008
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

Posted on February 25, 2008
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

Posted on February 22, 2008
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

Posted on February 20, 2008
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...

Connecticut Evictions: Obtaining Judgment By Default

Posted on February 19, 2008
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...

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Posted on February 18, 2008
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Taking Wine Home From Connecticut Restaurants

Posted on February 17, 2008
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

Posted on February 14, 2008
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 [...

Connecticut Lottery Agreements: Mo Money Mo Problems

Posted on February 12, 2008
The Connecticut Appeals Court has ruled a 1995 pact struck by two widowed sisters to split each other?s future gambling winnings is still binding despite the fact they no longer speak to one another. Boston Herald, 02/04/2008 The case of Sokaitis v...

Protecting Pets in Connecticut

Posted on February 10, 2008
Generally, the law treats animals, including household pets, as personal property. There is little legal distinction between your family pet and your computer. Recognizing the increased value that our society places on pets and that some pets are subject to abuse, the legistlature enacted the following law: …The court, in its discretion, may make such orders as it deems appropriate for the protection of any animal [...

Why Are Connecticut School Buses Yellow?

Posted on January 31, 2008
Have you ever wondered about this? I haven’t. This is not some kind of joke or trick question; it’s the law. Read for yourself: Each school bus shall be painted a uniform yellow color known as “National School Bus Glossy Yellow”, except for the fenders and trim which may be painted black and the roof which may be [...

Connecticut Dog Bite Law

Posted on January 29, 2008
Meet my two year old dog, Brady. Along with all of the love and joy she brings into my life, she also brings a whole lot of liability and responsibility. As her owner am strictly liable for her actions. If she were to bite someone, I am responsible regardless of whether or not I did anything wrong...

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