In re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Stachelrodt

The mother appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion seeking elimination of her child support obligation. The dissolution decree had awarded custody of the three children to the father and had required her to pay $35 per month per child. She had paid nothing since the decree. At the hearing, the court dismissed the father’s motion to hold her in contempt. It did grant the mother’s motion to specify visitation rights with the three children. Neither party appeals these rulings.

At the time of the dissolution the mother had been earning $471 per month, but shortly lost her job. Her income…