Stephen F. McEleney, Hartford, in support of the petition. Eric H. Rothauser, West Hartford, in opposition.
The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 144 Conn.App. 144, 71 A.3d 1276, is granted, limited to the following issues:
“1. Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the defendant attorneys were entitled to an equitable charging lien on marital assets for their attorneys' fees that arose by operation of law when they obtained a judgment for their client in the underlying marital dissolution action?
“2. If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, does the charging lien attach as of the date of the commencement of the action and take priority over any creditors subsequently securing an interest in the marital asset in which the attorneys claim an interest?” ESPINOSA, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.