Cochran v. Buffone

Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court’s order denying an increase in child support as requested in plaintiff’s motion for a rehearing of her motion for modification of the judgment of divorce.

Plaintiff wife and defendant husband were divorced on August 1, 1978. Plaintiff was awarded custody of the parties’ seven-year-old child and defendant was ordered to pay $20 per week in support of that child. On June 17, 1981, plaintiff petitioned the trial court for an increase in child support on the basis of a change of circumstances. Plaintiff claimed that she was no longer employed,…