LaMothe v. LeBlanc

¶ 1. Father appeals an order of the superior court’s family division upholding the magistrate’s denial of his motion to modify his child support obligation. In particular, father argues that the magistrate erred in declining to impute income to mother, and that the magistrate failed to properly apply a credit in his favor to account for derivative benefits paid directly to mother on behalf of the minor child by the Social Security Administration on account of father’s disability. We reverse.

¶ 2. Father and mother are the parents of a minor child born in January 2000. In 2006, by stipulation…