Family Law No. 2019-0132 July 26, 2019 Affirmed Issue: Whether the trial court erred in dismissing the petition to adopt. The child was placed in foster care with the petitioner, a social worker, and later reunited with the mother and then...
FAMILY LAW No.2018-0404 July 3, 2019 Affirmed Issue: Whether the court erred ruling that RSA 170-B:4 does not authorize the unmarried petitioners to jointly adopt a child. The trial court dismissed the petitioner’s motion and motion for...
Family Law No. 2018-0013 May 31, 2019 Affirmed. What circumstances allow a trial court to rescind a paternity affidavit and whether the trial court can grant primary custodial responsibilities to a party in an emergency motion The trial...
Family Law No. 2017-0697 March 29, 2019 Vacated and Remanded. Whether a conditional deferred employment retirement benefit that was agreed to by an employer prior to a divorce decree, but was not to be paid until after a divorce decree and upon...
Family Law No. 2018-0061 March 8, 2019 Affirmed. Whether a former parent, who has surrendered all parental rights, can otherwise collaterally attack his surrendering of parental rights and be afforded parenting time under a parenting plan...
Family Law No. 2018-0269 February 1, 2019 Affirmed. Whether the circuit court erred in finding that DCYF made reasonable efforts to assist a parent in correcting conditions that lead to a finding of abuse and neglect Whether the circuit court’s...
Family Law No. 2018-0139 Dec. 21, 2018 Affirmed. Whether RSA 173-B:5, VI sets forth a deadline by which a plaintiff must file a motion to extend a final order of protection. On August 2015, the plaintiff was granted a domestic violence temporary...
Family Law No. 2018-0440 Dec. 21, 2018 Affirmed. Whether the evidence supported the trial court’s findings that father had abandoned his child, had not paid sufficient support and the termination of his parental rights was in the child’s best...
No. 2017-0238 Oct. 3, 2018 Affirmed. The Court analyzed RSA 458:19 to determine the difference between temporary and permanent alimony. The Court also explained the correct standard of review of a request for renewal or extension of an alimony...
No. 2017-0626 Oct. 23, 2018 Affirmed. The Court considered whether DCYF was required to file abuse or neglect petitions against the parents prior to terminating parental rights when they were not named in a previous abuse and neglect petition...
