IRELAND, J.
We are asked to recognize impossibility of performance as an exception to the statutory prohibition against the retroactive modification of support orders found in G. L. c. 119A, § 13 (a). We conclude that the statute as written does not provide such an exception, and decline to establish one. Consequently, we affirm the ruling of the Probate and Family Court judge.
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James D'Avella (father) and Theresa McGonigle (mother)...
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