Wilkins v. Wilkins

NATURE OF CASE

Shannon M. Wilkins appeals from the trial court’s order modifying the decree that dissolved her marriage to Joseph A. Wilkins. The court increased Joseph’s child support obligation, denied retroactive application of the child support increase, and recalculated the responsibility for health care and childcare expenses. It declined to change the allocation of tax exemptions for the parties’ minor children and denied Joseph’s request that he be allowed a deduction for the entire amount of his monthly student loan payment in calculating his child support obligation. Joseph…