In the Matter of Patrick Shea and Sharon Hupé ( 2017 )

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
SUPREME COURT
In Case No. 2016-0457, In the Matter of Patrick Shea and
Sharon Hupé, the court on February 28, 2017, issued the
following order:
Having considered the brief, the memorandum of law, and the record
submitted on appeal, we conclude that oral argument is unnecessary in this
case. See Sup. Ct. R. 18(1). We affirm.
The respondent, Sharon Hupé (mother), appeals a final order of the Circuit
Court (Pendleton, J.) on a parenting petition filed by the petitioner, Patrick Shea
(father). We construe the mother’s pleadings to contend that the trial court erred
by: (1) requiring her to incorporate the father’s surname into the child’s name;
(2) not finding the father in arrears on child support for the period she requested;
and (3) allowing the father to select a location at which to exchange the child
other than the mother’s residence, thereby requiring her to share in transporting
the child between parenting times.
The appealing party has the burden to provide a record that is sufficient to
decide the issues she is raising on appeal and to demonstrate that she raised
those issues in the trial court. Bean v. Red Oak Prop. Mgmt., 151 N.H. 248, 250
(2004); see Fam. Div. R. 1.26(F). Absent a transcript, we assume that the
evidence was sufficient to support the result the trial court reached. Bean, 151
N.H. at 250. These rules are not relaxed for self-represented parties. See In the
Matter of Birmingham & Birmingham, 154 N.H. 51, 56-57 (2006).
In this case, the mother has not provided a transcript of the evidentiary
hearing that the trial court held on June 30, 2016. Therefore, we assume that
the evidence was sufficient to support the trial court’s findings. See Bean, 151
N.H. at 250. We examine the trial court’s order for errors of law only, Atwood v.
Owens, 142 N.H. 396, 397 (1997), and find none.
Affirmed.
Dalianis, C.J., and Hicks, Conboy, Lynn, and Bassett, JJ., concurred.
Eileen Fox,
Clerk