the child than the child would have if living with the noncustodial parent.” 15 V.S.A. § 661(a). Despite the ambiguous reference to “maintenance” in the provision’s title, the statute clearly serves the purpose of safeguarding children’s — instead of parents’ — interests, and therefore may be viewed as a component of child support generally. We held in Viskup that the Legislature intended to allow parents to seek establishment of child support post-divorce, even though the parent had not made the request at the time of the original adjudication of divorce and child custody. See 150 Vt. at 211,552 A.2d at 402. We now hold that the Legislature intended the same principle to apply to maintenance supplements under § 661. See Emmons v. Emmons, 141 Vt. 508, 512, 450 A.2d 1113, 1115 (1982) (<HOLDING>). Where, however, a party seeks establishment
holding that statutes dealing with same subject matter should be construed with reference to each other as parts of one system holding that a statute should not be construed so as to invalidate other parts of the same statute holding that criminal statutes of limitation should be construed in favor of the accused holding that all parts of the same statute dealing with the same subject are to be construed together as a whole    and individual expressions be accorded only that meaning which other modifying provisions and the clear intent and purpose of the act will permit internal citations omitted holding that statutory terms should be construed with reference to their associated words and phrases