Gebauer v. State, Department of Revenue ex rel. Hurlburt

KLEIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for downward modification of child support. The appellant mother argues, and we agree, that this case presents an exception to the general rule that subsequent children are not a reason for courts to depart from guideline child support.

Appellant’s original child support was grounded on her ability to' earn $23,000 a year. Following that determination there was a change in the health of her subsequent daughter who had rheumatoid arthritis. Her daughter’s condition became so serious that the child is required to take steroids and…