BURKE v. BURKE

No. 4-76.

360 A.2d 574 (1976)

Juanita G. BURKE v. Edward J. BURKE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul K. Sutherland of Latham, Eastman, Schweyer & Tetzlaff, Burlington, for plaintiff.

Joseph C. McNeil, Burlington, for defendant.

Before SMITH, DALEY, LARROW, and BILLINGS, JJ., and KEYSER, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


DALEY, Justice.

The question before this Court is whether the legislative change in the age of majority from twenty-one years to eighteen years affects a support agreement made prior to the statutory change to pay child support "until each [child] reaches the age of twenty-one years, or sooner becomes self-supporting". We hold that the statute, 1 V.S.A. § 173, does not affect obligations which accrued before its effective date of July 1, 1971.

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