Duhaime v. Treasurer

Plaintiff, Robert Duhaime, appeals from a declaratory judgment holding that he is not entitled to receive additional retirement benefits from the Vermont Employees Retirement System, 3 V.S.A. §§ 455-495, for financially supporting his stepchild. He argues that 3 V.S.A. § 461(c)(2) requires the Treasurer to pay him an extra ten percent of his “average final compensation” on account of his dependent stepson. He also argues that if he is not entitled to additional compensation under the statute, the statute violates his rights *158under the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution…