Patterson v. Gartman

The parties to this appeal were divorced in 1979 and the custody of their two children was awarded to the mother. The father was ordered to pay $70 a week as child support for the two children, and he was awarded reasonable visitation privileges.

In January 1981 the father was ordered to pay $1,200 in monthly installments of $100 to the mother for child support arrearage and he was given more specific visitation privileges with his children, including three weeks during the summer.

In January 1983 the father filed a petition seeking a reduction in his child support payments on the ground that…