Mitchell v. Mitchell

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff filed a petition to modify the alimony and child support payments awarded to her in a decree of divorce entered in February, 1970. The original decree awarded plaintiff $1 per year alimony and $90 per month for each of five minor children. Upon hearing of the petition, the trial court increased plaintiff’s alimony to $100 per month and child support to $150 per child for the four minor children residing with her.

The trial court found that since the time of entry of the original decree, defendant’s earnings had increased from a base salary of $13,196 per year…