State Ex Rel. Cress v. Cress

Father appeals an order that modified a dissolution judgment to increase his child support obligation. The trial court increased father’s obligation to $1,080 per month for three children under ORS 25.287. On de novo review, we affirm.

A1986 dissolution judgment awarded custody of the parties’ three children to mother and required father to pay $450 per month. That amount was increased to $600 per month in 1988 as a result of a modification. In this proceeding, the state sought an increase in child support on behalf of mother.

The parties’ oldest child is 18 and lives in Bend at the J-Bar-J…