The appellant husband appealed three provisions of a final order made at a settlement conference regarding retroactive child support, retroactive spousal support, and ongoing spousal support.
The Divisional Court found that the conference judge bullied the self-represented husband into an equivocal consent, misinformed him about the law, made inappropriate comments about his cultural background, and denied him procedural fairness.
The appeal was allowed, and the support provisions were set aside without prejudice to the wife's claims.
