In Re the Marriage of Guckeen

Terry Guckeen appeals a judgment of the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, Montana. The District Court ordered appellant to pay respondent Sharlene Guckeen $17,700 in back child support representing 118 months at $150/ month. We reverse the judgment and remand to the District Court for a rehearing.

Appellant presents a single issue for review.

Did the District Court err in declining to exercise its equitable powers when the parties have orally and in writing altered the terms of a sixteen-year-old divorce decree?

Terry and Sharlene Guckeen were divorced on March 6,…