Byrne v. Byrne

The issue in this divorce case is whether the trial court erred in holding that an order for support of a “minor child”, in accordance with a stipulation made when the age of majority was 21 years, is not terminated at 18 years by the subsequent enactment of RSA 21:44 (Supp. 1979) and 21-B:1 (Supp. 1979) changing the age of majority to 18 years. We find no error under the facts of this case.

The parties agreed to the following facts. The parties were divorced in May 1968. They had one child born September 30, 1960. A stipulation incorporated in the court’s decree provided that the defendant…