Legal Opinion

Marriage of O'Campo v. O'Campo

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided August 27, 1992No. 01A02-9111-CV-483PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Alicia O'Campo (Wife) appeals the trial court's order reducing the amount of child support paid to her by David O'Campo (Husband).

We reverse.

Upon appeal Wife presents two issues, which we restate as one:

I. Whether a trial court may sua sponte reduce the amount of child support when a petition to modify support has not been filed, and if so, whether the court may sua sponte so reduce without applying the Indiana Child Support Guidelines?

The marriage of David O'Campo and Alicia O'Campo was dissolved by a Decree of Dissolution on August 28, 1978. Wife was granted custody of the…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

Isler v. IslerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
Chance v. ChanceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
State v. CostasIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
Reffeitt v. ReffeittIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
State Ex Rel. Werthman v. Superior Court of Marion CountyIndiana Supreme Court · 1983

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