K. S. v. R. S.

Summary

The court held that Connecticut was required to give full faith and credit to final New Jersey orders forfeiting the marital home and placing the investment accounts in a constructive trust, because New Jersey had personal jurisdiction over the defendant and no public-policy exception applied. Although the defendant's pledge of the home constituted dissipation, the home and investment accounts were no longer marital assets subject to distribution, while the trial court was not required to value the related liability. The court upheld the earning-capacity finding and relocation order, but required correction of the child-support calculation and contempt ruling and remanded for a new hearing on the intertwined financial orders.