Marriage of Erickson v. Erickson

KELLEY, Justice.

In denying appellant Stephen B. Erickson’s motion seeking modification of the original decree which dissolved his marriage to respondent Barbara B. Erickson on the grounds of substantial change in circumstances, the trial court declined to consider an alleged change in tax obligations as justification for modification; characterized as child support obligations those which had been designated in the original decree as maintenance; and rejected appellant’s assertion that respondent’s remarriage and increased income warranted modification.1 The court of appeals sustained *175those…