Case Name: Jeri L. Billington v. Randall J. Billington
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1990-11-02
Citations: 216 Conn. 827
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jeri L. Billington v. Randall J. Billington
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 216
Pages: 827–827

Head Matter:
Jeri L. Billington v. Randall J. Billington
Gerald L. Garlick, in support of the petition.
Randall J. Billington, pro se, in opposition.
Decided November 2, 1990

Opinion:
The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 23 Conn. App. 45, is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. To prevail on a motion to open a judgment based on fraud, must the movant in a marital case establish diligence in attempting to discover the fraud?
"2. Is there a difference in marital cases between a fraud on the court and a fraud on the adverse party?
"3. Was the Appellate Court correct in deciding that the trial court should not have opened the judgment?"