Faulkner v. Frampton

Ruffin, Judge.

We granted Paul Faulkner’s application for discretionary appeal from the trial court’s upward modification of a child support award based on Faulkner’s substantial increase in income.

Faulkner contends the trial court erred in awarding child support outside the range enumerated in the Georgia Child Support Guidelines (OCGA § 19-6-15) without a written finding of special circumstances.

OCGA § 19-6-15 (c) provides: “The trier of fact may vary the final award of child support, up or down, outside the range enumerated in . . . this Code section upon a written finding of special…