Brooks v. Brooks

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying his modification petition which seeks to terminate child support as previously ordered in the judgment divorcing the parties. He alleges that Sheila Jo Brooks, his daughter, quit school, works full time, is totally independent and has emancipated herself from dependency upon anyone for her support.

Apparently the girl, who will be nineteen years of age in August 1980, quit school in 1977. She worked in a restaurant from April 1978 until the last of October 1978, receiving tips only as wages. In November 1978, she became employed at an electronics…