In re the Marriage of Barnes

GREENE, Presiding Judge.

Michael Frank Barnes appeals from a trial court order modifying a prior child support award by increasing the amount Michael is to pay for the support of his minor child, Dustin, from $100 a month to $300 a month. Michael contends that Dustin’s custodian, who is his former wife, Stephanie Anne Barnes, did not prove by substantial evidence that there had been a change of “circumstances and expenses” of Stephanie to such a degree that tripling of the amount of child support was justified.

The parties were married October 30, 1976. A child of the marriage, Dustin Michael…