Leas v. Leas

Father appeals from a Chittenden Family Court divorce decree that includes a monthly maintenance supplement payable by father to mother pursuant to 15 V.S.A. § 661. The decree also incorporates the parties’ agreement that each shall have physical custody of the parties’ two minor children for exactly 50 percent of the time. Because we agree with father that § 661 does not authorize the award of a maintenance supplement in such circumstances, we vacate in part and remand for reconsideration of the economic issues resolved in the original decree. We also address father’s contention that, in…