Wasson v. Wasson

This case arises from a Probate and Family Court judgment on a complaint for modification, as amended by *575an order allowing a motion to amend judgment (which also is on appeal). The principal issue centers on the judge’s apparent exclusion of capital gains income in determining child support under the governing statute and the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines (guidelines), and whether the child support order, which deviated from the guidelines, was an abuse of discretion.

Background. Defendant Silvia M. Wasson and plaintiff Alfred W. Wasson were divorced in 2004. The divorce judgment…