Legal Opinion
Porter v. Porter
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided November 1, 1996No. 94-533-AppealPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEDERBERG, Justice.
This matter came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of Linda Porter (plaintiff) from an order of the Family Court that dismissed her motion that sought to adjudge her former husband, Robert Porter (defendant), in contempt and that sought to modify his child-support obligations. For the reasons stated below, we sustain the appeal and reverse the order of the trial justice. The facts and procedural history relevant to our holding are as follows.
Facts and Procedural History
On August 5, 1982, a final divorce decree was entered in the Family Court in Providence, Rhode…
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