Kirilenko v. Kirilenko

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The circuit court entered an amended decree of dissolution dissolving the marriage of Husband and Wife and dividing the marital property. At issue in this appeal was the monthly disability benefits Husband received from the Connecticut State Employees Retirement System. The trial court determined that, because Kentucky was the domicile of both parties at the time of dissolution, Kentucky law governed the classification and distribution of the benefits. The court of appeals reversed after applying the “most significant relationship” test from Sections 258 and 259 of the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws, concluding that Connecticut had the most significant relationship to the asset and that the classification and distribution of those benefits should be determined under Connecticut law. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the classification and division of all property in dissolution cases is governed by the law of forum - i.e., Kentucky.

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