In the Matter of Susan L. Forcier and Todd S. Mueller

Summary

The court vacated the modified child support order because the trial court did not make the written findings required to justify diverting part of the presumptive guideline support into a college trust fund. The court also held that the statutory prohibition on requiring support for postsecondary education did not apply to this post-enactment modification of a pre-enactment order. The court rejected the argument that the respondent's failure to answer the modification petition barred her appellate challenges.