State ex rel. O'Neal v. Jones

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a child support modification case.

In January 1993, the State of Alabama ex rel. Renee O’Neal filed contempt and modification petitions against Charles E. Jones regarding his support obligations for his two children by O’Neal. The State requested an increase in Jones’s obligation, by using the guidelines of Rule 32, Ala.R.JudAdmin. The trial court increased Jones’s child support obligation, but declined to apply the guidelines “due to [Jonesj’s ‘new family’ and financial situation relating thereto.” The trial *151court then ordered a two-year, gradually increasing payment…