State ex rel. Clark v. Hurst

The mother appeals from a trial court’s order refusing to modify the amount of child support under a filiation decree, ORS ch 109, entered in 1973.

The initial decree ordered the father to pay child support of $60 per month for a daughter, now age 5. On March 25,1977, the decree was modified by raising the child support to $75 per month. In January, 1978, both parties’ motions for modification were denied. The trial court denied the mother’s motion because "the record shows that the defendant is presently making $15,000 a year, and as counsel pointed out the judge last year considered he was…