The court affirmed the fault-based divorce, custody schedule, alimony award, property distribution, and appeal-related property advance. It vacated the child-support order because the income figure used by the trial court was unsupported by the record, and it vacated unpaid and future attorney-fee awards because the…
Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 2006
Published opinions from 2006. The case name opens the case page.
2006 opinions
The court affirmed the denial of the respondent’s requests to vacate the default divorce decree, modify the property division, and obtain retroactive modifications of child support and alimony.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court's judgment, holding that RSA 507:7‑e’s term “party” includes non‑litigants and immune entities for fault apportionment, that the statute does not violate the state constitution’s remedial clause or the federal Equal Protection Clause, and that the trial court…
The New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s modification of child support, holding that the trial court properly exercised its discretion by imputing $70,000 of income to the father rather than his full prior salary.