Pahnke v. Pahnke

Crawford, Supr. J.,

¶ 1. Specially Assigned. Father appeals from the modification of a foreign child support order. He argues that he was never properly served with the motion to modify child support, that the Vermont family division lacks person.1 and subject matter jurisdiction over him and this matter, and that the magistrate improperly ruled that mother did not owe him arrears for the period preceding the modification. We affirm in part, but remand for recalculation of mother’s child support arrearage.

¶ 2. Father and mother were divorced in Michigan in 1997. The Michigan decree awarded…