Patterson v. Laney

This case involves the interpretation of an alimony and child support provision of a divorce decree.

After an ore tenus hearing the trial court interpreted an alimony and child support provision adversely to the father. Additionally, the trial court found the father in arrears in child support in the amount of $14,508.24, plus interest.

The father appeals, and we affirm.

The record in pertinent part reveals the following: The parties were divorced in 1983 by consent decree. Included therein was a provision for the annual recalculation of child support and alimony based on the father’s earnings…