Manes v. Manes

This case is similar to Orlandella v. Orlandella, ante, 225 (1976), decided today, where we held that the statutes reducing the age of majority from twenty-one to eighteen did not of themselves modify the child support provisions of divorce decrees entered before January 1, 1974, the effective date of the change. An additional element is presented, however, by the fact that the decree in the present case incorporated by reference a separation agreement between the parties. We hold that that fact makes no difference.

The parties were divorced in 1971, and the separation agreement was filed with…