Foster v. Foster

MACY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court modifying a divorce decree by increasing the monthly child support obligation of appellant Elmo Bernard Foster, Jr. and also from the denial of appellant’s post-trial motions. Although appellant raises several issues, the dispositive question in this case is whether the review afforded by the district court upon the findings and recommendations of the court commissioner satisfied constitutional and statutory requirements.

We reverse.

Appellant and appellee Katherine Ann Foster were divorced in 1976, and appellee was granted…