In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Cook

The husband-petitioner challenges three changes the Court of Appeals made in the support provisions of a dissolution decree. 29 Or App 171, 562 P2d 601 (1977).

We granted the petition for review and modify the decision of the Court of Appeals.

The parties had children ages three and five at the date of the decree. There was no express provision for child support in the decree. The trial court’s decree provided that the husband was to pay "to wife for her support” $450 per month. "Said sum to decrease in the amount of $150 per month in the following events: (a) Remarriage of petitioner; (b) A…