Husband B. v. Wife H.

O’HARA, Judge.

I. FACTUAL SETTING

This case is on appeal from a decision of the Family Court ordering specific performance of child support provisions contained in a separation agreement voluntarily entered into by the parties in 1973. Husband B. resided in Illinois and Wife H. resided in Delaware at the time the agreement was formed. Husband B. currently resides in New York.

At the time the agreement was made, the parties’ two children were of preschool age and were severely afflicted with cystic fibrosis. This medical condition, and the possibility of resultant life-long financial dependency,…