Legal Opinion

Diane L. Charette v. Dale N. Charette

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided January 8, 2013PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Per curiam

[¶ 1] Dale N. Charette appeals from a judgment entered by the District Court (Fort Kent, Soucy, J.) denying his motion to modify the parties’ divorce judgment and finding him to be in contempt of the divorce judgment for failing to pay spousal support as ordered. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment. We also take this opportunity to discuss the manner in which Charette and his counsel raised an allegation of judicial bias and the court’s exemplary response to it.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] The historical facts are not disputed. The parties were married in 1980 and divorced in 2007. The divorce…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Tatham v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2012
  2. Mitchell v. MitchellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  3. Jacobson v. Manfredi by ManfrediNevada Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Medley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. In re Jacob B.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008

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