In Re Marriage of Corkey

Petitioner, Donald Corkey, appeals the circuit court’s orders requiring him to pay $44,466.66 in past-due maintenance and child support and denying his petition to modify a marital settlement agreement. Petitioner contends that the settlement agreement expressly contemplated that his income would increase substantially and that his subsequent reduction in income renders the agreement unconscionable.

The parties were married in New Jersey in 1968. They had three children: Scot, born January 31, 1972; Jon, born June 23, 1975; and David, born September 8, 1976. The circuit court dissolved their…