Schneider v. Schneider

Plaintiff petitioned the trial court for an increase of child support payments specified in a judgment of divorce and for an order requiring defendant to pay for certain orthodontic work allegedly required by one of the children. The trial court granted an increase of $2 per week per child in the support payments but declined to order defendant to pay for the orthodontic work. On leave granted, plaintiff appeals.

In determining the amount of increase in child support payments, the trial court gave consideration to the facts that defendant had remarried, had one child by the remarriage, and…