Bentrim v. Bentrim

Shaw, Judge:

This is an action for child support arrearages and attorney fees. The Family Court Judge awarded no amount for the alleged arrearages and ordered $400 in attorney’s fees to be paid by the respondent-Mr. Bentrim to the appellant-Mrs. Bentrim. We affirm.

After a fourteen year marriage which produced three children [ages fifteen (15), twelve (12), and ten (10) at the time of the trial in August of 1981], the parties separated in June 1979. A Nevada divorce was obtained in January of 1980. Pursuant to the divorce decree, Mrs. Bentrim received custody of the children and child support…