How cited: Towne v. Towne · Go Syfert

Towne v. Towne (1988)

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green Harris v. Harris (1998)
Rule Authority · Vt. · 4 citations in this opinion
Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 405 (1988).
green Adamson v. Dodge (2002)
Rule Authority · Vt. · 2 citations in this opinion
Child support obligations may be modified as of “any reasonable date on or after the date of filing of the motion to amend the support order, within the sound discretion of the trial court.” Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 405 (1988).
Rule Authority · Vt.
Towne v. Towne , 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 405-06 (1988).
green Pahnke v. Pahnke (2014)
Rule Authority · Vt.
Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 405-06 (1988).
green Sundstrom v. Sundstrom (2004)
Rule Authority · Vt.
A child support order may be modified only as to installments that accrued after a motion to modify has been filed. 15 V.S.A. § 660(e); Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 406 (1988).
green Cd v. Nm (1993)
Rule Authority · Vt.
As previously discussed, the court has the discretion to make its ruling retroactive to "any reasonable date on or after the date of filing of the motion to amend the support order." Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 405 (1988).
green C.D. v. N.M. (1993)
Rule Authority · Vt.
As previously discussed, the court has the discretion to make its ruling retroactive to “any reasonable date on or after the date of filing of the motion to amend the support order.” Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 405 (1988).
green Olson v. Garbe (1992)
Rule Authority · N.D.
Such a result would defeat the purpose of the changed circumstances rule.” Towne v. Towne, [ 150 Vt. 286 ] 552 A.2d 404, 405 (Vt.1988) quoting Trezevant v. Trezevant, 403 A.2d 1134, 1137 (D.C.1979).
green Chaker v. Chaker (1990)
Rule Authority · Vt.
In Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288-89 , 552 A.2d 404, 406 (1988), we held that an order modifying a child support award could be effective as early as the date on which the motion to amend was filed.
green Klein v. Klein (1990)
Rule Authority · Vt.
Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 287-88 , 552 A.2d 404, 405-06 (1988).
green Viskup v. Viskup (1988)
Rule Authority · Vt.
Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 406 (1988); see also Trezevant v. Trezevant, 403 A.2d 1134, 1138 (D.C. 1979) (allowing retroactive modification of child support orders to any date back to and including date of filing of motion for modification).
allowing retroactive modification of child support orders to any date back to and including date of filing of motion for modification
green Ainsworth v. Ainsworth (1990)
Cited · Vt. · signal: see · 4 citations in this opinion
See Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 289 , 552 A.2d 404, 406 (1988).
Cited · Vt. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion
See Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 406 (1988) (discussing retroactive application of child support modification); see also Chaker v. Chaker, 155 Vt. 20, 30 , 581 A.2d 737, 742-43 (1990) (applying Towne to determine effective date for maintenance award).
discussing retroactive application of child support modification
green Lawrence v. Lawrence (1991)
Cited (see also) · Miss. · signal: see, e.g. · 2 citations in this opinion
See, e.g., Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286 , 552 A.2d 404 (1988) (retroactive modification may be allowed as of any reasonable date on or after the date of the filing of the motion to amend the support order, within the sound discretion of the trial court).
retroactive modification may be allowed as of any reasonable date on or after the date of the filing of the motion to amend the support order, within the sound discretion of the trial court
green Isham v. Isham (1989)
Cited · Vt. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion
See Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 406 (1988).
green McCormick v. McCormick (1988)
Cited · Vt. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion
See Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 288 , 552 A.2d 404, 406 (1988); DeKoeyer v. DeKoeyer, 146 Vt. 493, 495 , 507 A.2d 962, 963-64 (1986) (“The circumstances of the parties prior to the divorce and any interim changes that were not in existence at the hearing were irrelevant.”).
Cited · Vt. · signal: see
See Towne v. Towne, 150 Vt. 286, 289 (1988) (“An abuse of discretion will be found only if the trial court fails to exercise its discretion, or exercises it for clearly untenable reasons or to an untenable extent.” (quotation omitted)). 4 some of the equipment dated to the mid-1990s, and he bought some as recently as 2011.
“An abuse of discretion will be found only if the trial court fails to exercise its discretion, or exercises it for clearly untenable reasons or to an untenable extent.” (quotation omitted)