Lamb v Hoffman [2011] GUSC 11; Guam 13 2011 (8 September 2011)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF GUAM

CAROLYN JANE LAMB,
Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

BENJAMIN RALPH HOFFMAN,
Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court Case No. CVA09-023
Superior Court Case No. CS0589-03

OPINION

September 8, 2011

Cite as: 2011 Guam 13

Appeal from the Superior Court of Guam
Argued and submitted November 5, 2010
Hagåtña, Guam

For Plaintiff-Appellant: G. Patrick Civille, Esq. Civille & Tang, PLLC 330 Hernan Cortez Ave., Ste. 200 Hagatna, GU 96910

For Defendant-Appellee: Benjamin R. Hoffman, Pro Se 3908 Leafyway Coconut Grove, FL 33133

BEFORE: ROBERT J. TORRES, Chief Justice; F. PHILIP CARBULLIDO, Associate Justice, KATHERINE A. MARAMAN, Associate Justice.[1]

CARBULLIDO, J.:
[1] This is an appeal of the Superior Court's decision determining that Appellee Benjamin Ralph Hoffman ("Benjamin") did not owe any child support to Appellant Carolyn Jane Lamb ("Carolyn") for the period of March 1, 2000 to January 26, 2004. In deciding that Benjamin did not owe any child support for this period, the trial court gave him: (1) a credit of $66,278.52 CDN for the Nova Scotia Limited 3001497 Cell-Loc shares transferred to Carolyn pursuant to a 2000 ex parte order issued by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia,[2] and (2) a credit for $1.8 million US dollars in cash plus the value of a Connor Pacific Debenture estimated at $1.1 million CDN dollars which Carolyn received from certain settlement agreements. Carolyn claims that the Superior Court erred in giving Benjamin these credits and in failing to give due weight to the calculations of the Nova Scotia Maintenance Enforcement Program registry.

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