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FERNANDEZ v. FERNANDEZ

(13283)

208 Conn. 329 (1988)

BARBARA FERNANDEZ v. ANTONIO DEINDE FERNANDEZ

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released July 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Burke, with whom was Alexander J. Holland, for the appellant (defendant).

Warner K. Depuy, with whom were William H. Narwold, Barbara M. Schallenberg, Roberta A. Hatch and, on the brief, William T. Fitzmaurice, for the appellee (plaintiff).

James M. Spears, acting assistant attorney general, Frank H. Santoro, assistant United States attorney, and Michael Jay Singer and Mark B. Stern, filed a brief for the United States of America as amicus curiae.

PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, SHEA, CALLAHAN, GLASS, COVELLO and HULL, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

This appeal involves the applicability of the doctrine of diplomatic immunity to an action for marital dissolution and equitable property distribution. The plaintiff, Barbara Fernandez, brought this dissolution action against her husband, the defendant Antonio Deinde Fernandez. Claiming diplomatic immunity by virtue of his status as an ambassador to the United Nations for the People's Republic of Mozambique...

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