Richard Conway v. Amanda Orenberg

Syllabus

The plaintiff, Richard Conway, appealed from three Family Court orders. The first awarded the defendant, Amanda Orenberg, primary placement of the parties' two minor children, and the second, a handwritten order, detailed the plaintiff's child-support obligation owed to the defendant. Further, the plaintiff requested that this Court vacate a child-support guideline worksheet simultaneously entered as an order of the Family Court in this matter. Before this Court, the plaintiff argued that the Family Court erred in (1) failing to entertain any testimony or evidence on the issues, (2) not considering the best interests of the children, and (3) entering orders as consent orders over his objection. Upon review of the record, the Supreme Court vacated the disputed portion of the placement order granting primary placement to the defendant, affirmed the child-support guideline worksheet, and remanded the case to the Family Court for further proceedings. Further, the Court held that the plaintiff's appeal of the handwritten order was moot.