Clapp v. Clapp

Defendant, Michael Clapp, appeals a decision of the Chittenden Family Court in the divorce action between him and his former wife, Elizabeth Clapp, challenging both property and maintenance orders contained therein. We order stricken paragraph 17 of the court’s order requiring that defendant pledge his interest in his law firm or purchase a life insurance policy of equivalent value in order to secure his maintenance obligation to plaintiff in the event of his death before age sixty-five; in all other respects, we affirm.

The parties were married in 1967 following defendant’s first year of law…