T.M. v. L.H.

By judgments of paternity dated August 29, 1991, the defendant was adjudged to be the father of two children, Philip (bom July 18, 1978) and Sarah (bom April 30, 1981), and was ordered to pay $35 per week ($17.50 per child) for the support of the children.2 On January 29, 1998, Philip committed suicide.

On March 10,1998, the plaintiff (mother) filed two complaints *857for contempt alleging that the father had failed to comply with the support order3 and was in arrears in his support payments for both children. After a hearing on the contempts, a judge of the Probate Court entered a “temporary…