MARRIAGE OF HARDIMAN AND HARDIMAN v. Human Resources

Mother appeals from a judgment that reduced father’s child support obligation. On de novo review, ORS 19.125(3), we reverse and remand.

The parties ended their five-year marriage in 1990. The trial court awarded wife custody of their child and ordered husband to pay $235 per month in child support. Later, mother, through the Support Enforcement Division, sought a modification of father’s child support obligation. The referee entered an order reducing father’s obligation to $175 per month. Mother appealed to the circuit court. ORS 416.427(6). At the hearing, the parties gave evidence that…