Barden v. Barden

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

The parties were divorced in May 1985. Pursuant to an agreement of the parties, the wife was granted custody of the minor child, with the husband to pay child support of $220 per month. In June 1987, the father filed a petition for contempt and for modification. The mother counterclaimed, requesting an increase in child support and an award of attorney’s fees.

After an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court denied the father’s petition and raised child support to $436.13 per month. The trial court also awarded the wife attorney’s fees in the amount of $2,000.

The father…