Ramos v. Lopez

Orlando Ramos (father), appeals from a modification judgment of the Probate and Family Court increasing his weekly child support obligation to Azualine Lopez (mother) from seventy-five dollars per week to ninety dollars per week.2 On appeal, the father argues that the judge improperly deviated upward from the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines (guidelines) by (1) considering income from the father's secondary job; (2) failing to make required findings as to whether under the existing order the child's needs were adequately met, and whether the application of the guidelines resulted in a…