Norris v. Norris

In this appeal from the Family Court, we address the question of whether the maintenance of life insurance incident to an order of support is subject to modification when a subsequent reduction in support obligations renders the continued maintenance of the original amount of insurance unnecessary. The Family Court viewed the life insurance requirement a part of a marital property allocation and thus not subject to reallocation due to changed circumstances. We conclude that the insurance in question served only to buttress the support obligation and its modification is not controlled by the…