Hastings v. Hastings

The question before this court is whether the legislative change in the age of majority from twenty-one years to eighteen years affects a support agreement to pay support during the minority of the children made prior to the statutory change.

At a hearing before a Master (Leonard C. Hardwick, Esq.), on December 10, 1973, the master found that “the parties intended that the support of the children . .. was to continue until each child attained the age of twenty-one.” In accordance with the master’s report, the superior court approved his recommendation and ordered a final judgment to which the…