State, County of St. Louis Ex Rel. Rimolde v. Tinker

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

Rydell Tinker appeals from an order modifying his child support obligation and denying his request for an award of the tax exemption for the parties’ child. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to award Tinker the dependency exemption and by refusing to deviate downward from the child support guidelines, we affirm on those issues. Because the district court miscalculated Tinker’s net monthly income and failed to find whether Tinker’s voluntary 401K deduction was reasonable, we reverse and remand on the issue of net income.

FACTS

Tinker and…