Antonelli v. Antonelli

In this domestic relations case involving a father’s petition to reduce court-ordered child support, we awarded an appeal to consider the criteria to be applied when the father’s income has diminished due to a voluntary change of employment. Determining that the issue involves a matter of significant precedential value within the meaning of Code § 17-116.07(B), we agreed to review the Court of Appeals’ decision.

The parties were divorced by a May 1987 final decree which incorporated a property settlement agreement obligating the father to pay $1,600 per month for the support of the parties’…