Blondeau v. Baltierra

Summary

The court held that it had appellate jurisdiction and that the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to consider the plaintiff's timely motion to vacate, including her challenges to the child-support provisions. The arbitrator did not exceed the scope of the submission or manifestly disregard the law in applying Connecticut law to distribute the marital home's equity because the agreements were ambiguous and the submission was unrestricted. The child-support-related provisions were nevertheless invalid because parties cannot waive the statutory prohibition on arbitrating child-support issues, although those provisions were severable from the remaining award. No separate opinions were filed.