Paden v. Kerns

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Helen Paden (“Mother”) appeals from a judgment modifying the decree dissolving her marriage to David Kerns (“Father”) by terminating his child support obligation based upon the emancipation of the couple’s two children. For the following reasons, the judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

The marriage between Mother and Father was dissolved by the Circuit Court of Buchanan County on September 19, 1991. That decree of dissolution was modified in 1993 to place sole physical custody of the couple’s two sons, Bo Kerns and Joseph Kerns, with…