DeFeo v. DeFeo

GALLAGHER, Judge.

Before the court is respondent’s motion for review de novo 1 of a disposition entered by a master. After a hearing, counsel submitted memoranda concerning the court’s authority retroactively to modify an order for child support and, consequently, to adjust or cancel child support arrears accruing before the filing of a petition or motion for modification of that order. 2

On January 22, 1979, the parties entered into a separation agreement obligating respondent to pay petitioner $150 each week for the support of two minor children, with a proviso that petitioner might, in her…