Ebelt v. Ebelt

The issue presented in this case is the proper construction of the phrase “the town in which the child resides at the time the order is made” in the statute which was enacted by Laws 1953, c. 147, s. 1, and now appears as RSA 458:18. The statute reads as follows: “Orders for support. Whenever the court, acting under the foregoing sections, shall award the custody of a child to the commissioner of public welfare, the court shall make a further order requiring the town in which the child resides at the time the order is made to bear the expense for the maintenance and care of said child, and…