In the Matter of Carolina Hoell and Gabriel Price

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

SUPREME COURT

In Case No. 2015-0208, In the Matter of Carolina Hoell and
Gabriel Price, the court on September 17, 2015, issued the
following order:

Having considered the brief, memorandum of law, and limited record
submitted on appeal, we conclude that oral argument is unnecessary in this
case. See Sup. Ct. R. 18(1). We affirm.

The respondent, Gabriel Price, appeals the final order of the Circuit
Court (Lemire, J.) ordering him to pay child support to the petitioner, Carolina
Hoell. He challenges the court’s calculation of child support and arrearages
and its findings regarding his ability to make monthly payments on the
arrearages.

It is the burden of the appealing party, here the respondent, to provide
this court with a record sufficient to decide his issues on appeal. Bean v. Red
Oak Prop. Mgmt., 151 N.H. 248, 250 (2004); see also Sup. Ct. R. 15(3) (“If the
moving party intends to argue in the supreme court that a finding or
conclusion is unsupported by the evidence or is contrary to the evidence, he
shall include in the record a transcript of all evidence relevant to such finding
or conclusion.”); Town of Nottingham v. Newman, 147 N.H. 131, 137 (2001)
(rules of appellate practice not relaxed for self-represented litigants).

The respondent’s arguments contain factual components premised upon
evidence presented to the trial court at the March 2, 2015 hearing. The
respondent failed to provide a transcript of the hearing. Absent a transcript,
we must assume that the evidence was sufficient to support the decision
reached. See Atwood v. Owens, 142 N.H. 396, 396 (1997). Accordingly, we
review the trial court’s decision for errors of law only, see id. at 397, and find
none.

Affirmed.

Dalianis, C.J., and Hicks, Conboy, Lynn, and Bassett, JJ., concurred.

Eileen Fox,
Clerk