Pelletier v. Pelletier

Husband seeks reversal of an order modifying the decree which dissolved his marriage by increasing his child support obligation from $50 to $80 per month, and rescinding an instrument signed by his ex-wife on July 19, 1973 which purported to release him from responsibility for the outstanding child support payments accrued to that date.

Entered on June 20, 1961, the decree of divorce awarded the wife the small amount of property accumulated by the parties, granted her custody of the couple’s three minor children, and ordered husband to make monthly child support payments of $50 per child. From…