Legal Opinion
Shelly R. Higgins v. Todd A. Wood
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 3, 2018No. Docket: Pen–17–170PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissent: JABAR, J.
SAUFLEY, C.J.
[¶ 1] In this appeal, and a separate opinion issued today, see Dep't of Health & Human Servs. v. Fagone , 2018 ME 89 , --- A.3d ----, we clarify the circumstances in which a court order that anticipates a change in child support upon the occurrence of future events will be self-effectuating. In the matter before us, we conclude that the court's order requiring Todd A. Wood to pay a specific amount of child support to Shelly R. Higgins did not contain a self-effectuating provision that immediately reduced Wood's child support payments upon his oldest child…
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