In re the Marriage of Hughes

Wife appeals from a dissolution decree. She contends that the court erred in reducing its original child support award. After the April, 1982, dissolution trial, the court orally ordered husband to pay wife $200 monthly for the support of each of the parties’ children and $100 monthly permanent spousal support. On husband’s motion for reconsideration,1 the court reduced child support to $100 monthly per child and entered the decree.

The parties, both in their late thirties, were married 13 years and have four children, ranging in age from 2 to 10. Husband is an attorney in private practice. In…