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GRIFFIN v. AVERY

No. 80-086.

120 N.H. 783 (1980)

ANTOINETTE (AVERY) GRIFFIN v. ROBERT S. AVERY & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall, Morse, Gallagher & Anderson, of Concord (G. Wells Anderson orally), for the plaintiff.

Dunn & Hilliard, of Concord (Russell F. Hilliard orally), for the defendant.

DOUGLAS, J.

The central issue in this case is whether past-due installments of child support ordered by a superior court in a divorce decree are "judgments" within the meaning of the statute of limitations, RSA 508:5. We hold that they are not.

In the 1966 decree of divorce of the parties, the Merrimack County Superior Court ordered the defendant, Robert Avery, to pay $25 a week in child support to the plaintiff, Antoinette Avery Griffin. The defendant never...

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