Cheves v. Cheves

MANN, Judge.

The parties were divorced before our statutes1 were changed to provide that the wife’s ability to support children is to be taken into account in determining who is to support the children in what amount. Fla.Stat. § 61.14 (1971), F.S.A. provides for modification upon a showing of change in circumstances “of either party.” The trial judge properly allowed inquiry into changes in the wife’s circumstances, but improperly restricted inquiry into her wealth at the time of the divorce, at which time it was irrelevant, assuming the husband’s ability to support. A deterioration in the…