Petty v. Petty

This is an appeal from a modification of a child support provision in a divorce decree. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred when it changed a lump sum child support payment to monthly child support payments.

The parties were divorced by order of the Circuit Court of Covington County on July 13, 1984. An agreement executed by the parties was incorporated into the final divorce decree. The agreement awarded custody of the minor child to the mother and provided for a lump sum child support payment of $10,000 to be paid by the father. The child support payment was to be paid when…