Ellis v. Ellis

[¶ 1] Julia A. Ellis appeals from an order entered in the District Court (Farmington, Dow, J.) modifying Robert G. Ellis’s spousal support and child support obligations set out in the parties’ 2004 divorce judgment, and denying Julia’s motion for contempt. Julia contends, inter alia, that the court applied the wrong legal standard in modifying the spousal support award by failing to fully consider and apply language in the divorce judgment prohibiting a decrease in spousal support based on her financial circumstances, and that absent the consideration of her circumstances, the extent of the…