Murphy v. Marra

DUFRESNE, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, James Marra, brings this appeal from a judgment increasing his child support payments from $500 to $1,000 for each of two children who at the *970time of judgment were in the custody of his former wife and mother of the children, Nancy Ann Murphy, plaintiff-appellee.1

The decision of a trial court as to the amount of child support will not be disturbed on appeal absent a manifest abuse of discretion. Silas v. Silas, 399 So.2d 779 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1981). Also, on their parent’s divorce, children reared in an affluent home should be maintained in the same…