The Connecticut Supreme Court has reversed a ruling in a divorce case heard by the Connecticut Appellate Court—awarding property to a wife, who was sexually assaulted by her husband—and ordered a new civil trial. The husband, convicted of several sexual assault charges, has served four years of a 24-year sentence.

At issue before the state’s high court was awards for property, even though the husband, identified as Norman P. in court filings, is currently locked up.