Willis v. Willis

MANN, Judge.

The trial judge, on petition for modification, increased the support allowance for each child from $15 per week to $20. The husband’s income had nearly doubled in the three years since the divorce, but the wife was also employed and could contribute. The order of modification recites that the wife has bought a new car and joined the country club, and that she ought to bear a part of the responsibility for supporting the children. There is a certain legislative logic in this view, but the judicial precedents which bind us forbid its application. Florida is one of the states which…