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Whereas, on August 27, 2013, Timothy Rioux filed a petition to modify child support with the third circuit court - family division in Ossipee (Docket No. 212-19999-DM-00071); and
Whereas, the petition asserted that Mr. Rioux's child support obligation should have been automatically reduced based on the emancipation of one of his children; and
Whereas, the court's delay of over 6 months in acting on the petition compounded the harm to Mr. Rioux; and
Whereas, the court ultimately found that not only was a reduction in child support unwarranted, but the child support obligation should be substantially increased and Mr. Rioux should be responsible for an arrearage of $72,000; and
Whereas, Mr. Rioux claims that the court's decision was profoundly unjust and without basis in law or fact; and
Whereas, all appeals filed by Mr. Rioux have been denied and all complaints with the judicial council and other state and federal agencies have been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; and
Whereas, Mr. Rioux asserts that the malfeasance of the presiding judge in the case, Judge Albee, has left him without recourse to address a loss of over $98,000; now therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
That the general court hereby appropriates, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the sum of $98,000 to Timothy Rioux as compensation for the loss he sustained as a result of the court's inefficiency and malfeasance. The governor shall draw a warrant for such sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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Whereas, on August 27, 2013, Timothy Rioux filed a petition to modify child support with the third circuit court - family division in Ossipee (Docket No. 212-19999-DM-00071); and
Whereas, the petition asserted that Mr. Rioux's child support obligation should have been automatically reduced based on the emancipation of one of his children; and
Whereas, the court's delay of over 6 months in acting on the petition compounded the harm to Mr. Rioux; and
Whereas, the court ultimately found that not only was a reduction in child support unwarranted, but the child support obligation should be substantially increased and Mr. Rioux should be responsible for an arrearage of $72,000; and
Whereas, Mr. Rioux claims that the court's decision was profoundly unjust and without basis in law or fact; and
Whereas, all appeals filed by Mr. Rioux have been denied and all complaints with the judicial council and other state and federal agencies have been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; and
Whereas, Mr. Rioux asserts that the malfeasance of the presiding judge in the case, Judge Albee, has left him without recourse to address a loss of over $98,000; now therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
That the general court hereby appropriates, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the sum of $98,000 to Timothy Rioux as compensation for the loss he sustained as a result of the court's inefficiency and malfeasance. The governor shall draw a warrant for such sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.