In Re the Marriage of Hughes

KELLY, Judge.

Alvin Ray Hughes appeals a trial court order modifying the decree of dissolution of marriage by increasing child support from $100 to $250 per month. He contends that the trial court lacked evidence of a change in circumstances sufficient to find the original order unconscionable under § 14-10-122(1), C.R.S.1973. We vacate the order.

When the marriage was dissolved in 1972, the father was earning between $30,000 and $40,000 per year, and the mother was temporarily unemployed. The decree divided their real estate, awarded $100 per month in child support to the mother, and provided…