Pierce v. Pierce

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

This action for modification of a final judgment of divorce before the Supreme Court addresses three questions certified to us by the Family Court. At issue is whether a parent’s child support obligations extend beyond a child’s twenty-first birthday when the child is a young adult with special needs. The certified questions are:

“1. Does [G.L.1956 § ] 15-5-16.2(b) terminate the Family Court’s jurisdiction over a special needs child who has reached the age of 21 and whose custodial parent is seeking continued child support?

“2. Does the case of Siravo v. Siravo…