In re the Marriage of Stilson

Mother appeals from an order denying her motion for increased child support. The original decree of dissolution, entered in 1973, required father to pay $80 per month for each of the parties’ two children. It was last modified in 1978 to increase father’s child support obligation to $100 per month per child.

The children are now 12 and 14 years of age. Father’s income has increased from approximately $16,000 in 1978 to approximately $24,000. The increase in the costs of rearing the children attributable to their growing older, together with the increase in father’s income, constitute a change…