Butterick v. Butterick

Four years after the parties’ divorce the plaintiff petitioned the superior court for a change in physical custody of their two children and for a reduction in the amount of support he was required to pay the defendant. The Superior Court (Dalianis, J.) approved a Master’s (Alice S. Love, Esq.) recommendation that physical custody of the parties’ older child be awarded to the plaintiff. The Court {Flynn, J.) later also approved a second Master’s {Larry B. Pleteher, Esq.) recommendation that the amount of support the plaintiff should pay the defendant be reduced. The defendant appeals, and we…