Donn-Griffin v. Donn

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Defendant Michael Donn appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (York County, Brennan, J.) affirming a judgment of the District Court (York, Crowley, J.) that increased the amount of child support he must pay. He contends that the District Court lacked personal and subject matter jurisdiction to prospectively modify the amount of support established by a Vermont divorce judgment. We affirm.

The parties were divorced in Vermont in 1984. Subsequently, Debra moved to Maine and Michael moved to Massachusetts. Under the terms of the Vermont divorce judgment, Debra was awarded…