Legal Opinion
Fisco v. Department of Human Services
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 30, 1995PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDMAN, Justice.
The Department of Human Services (DHS) appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Brennan, J.) holding that the doctrine of laches bars DHS, acting on behalf of Janet Westhoff, from recovering child support ar-rearages from Richard Fisco. We review the decision of the Superior Court based on the evidence developed at the administrative review hearing and even though our review is deferential, the decision is clearly erroneous. We therefore vacate the judgment.
Fisco and Westhoff divorced in New York in November 1979. The divorce decree ordered…
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