Roan v. Roan

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

The parties were divorced in 1981. There are two children of the marriage. By agreement, incorporated in the divorce, the father agreed to the payment of child support in the amount of $400 per month. In 1986 the petition of the father for a decrease in the payment of child support was denied. The father appeals, alleging an abuse of discretion.

The basis of a petition to modify a decree for child support is that there has been a material change in circumstances of one or both of the parties since the entry of the last decree. Not only must there be a…