Eldridge v. Eldridge

The defendant, Stephen F. Eldridge, appeals the decision of the Superior Court (Barry, J.), adopting the report of the Master (Peter J. Bourque, Esq.), modifying the defendant’s child support obligation. He argues that the trial court erred in applying RSA 458-C:7 retrospectively to allow the modification of his child support obligation without a showing of an unforeseen and substantial change in circumstances. According to the defendant, application of the statute to permit the modification of his support obligation violated part I, article 23 of the New Hampshire Constitution, which…