AINSWORTH v. AINSWORTH

No. 87-552.

574 A.2d 772 (1990)

Julie Ann AINSWORTH v. Reginald M. AINSWORTH.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dinah Yessne, St. Johnsbury, for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles D. Hickey, St. Johnsbury, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and PECK, GIBSON, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ.


DOOLEY, Justice.

This action for modification of child support calls upon us to interpret Vermont's recently enacted child support guidelines law, 15 V.S.A. §§ 650-663. Specifically at issue is whether expenses for a second family should enter into the determination of child support for the preexisting family. Although the trial court decided that defendant, Reginald Ainsworth, did not have a duty to support his stepson under 15 V.S.A. § 296, it held...

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