White v. White

This appeal is from a decree denying a request for modification of a prior child support order.

In 1973 the parties to this appeal were divorced and the appellee-wife was awarded custody of their two minor children. The appellant-husband by written stipulations later incorporated in the divorce decree agreed to pay to the appellee $300 per month as child support. At the time of the divorce decree, appellant was earning, after taxes, $7,834 per year.

In his petition for modification of child support, appellant alleged that for the year 1975 his yearly earnings after taxes were only $6,500, and…