Snead v. Snead

INGRAM, Judge.

The mother and father were divorced in October 1983. Pursuant to an agreement, the mother was awarded custody of the two minor children, and the father was ordered to pay child support. In September 1986, the mother petitioned the court to increase the amount of child support the father was presently paying. The father counter-petitioned for a temporary decrease in the amount of child support.

After an ore tenus hearing at which both parties testified, the trial court modified the final divorce decree by increasing child support from $900 each month to $1,200 per month. The…