Bakke v. Bakke

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

The custodial mother appeals the child support provisions of a dissolution decree. The trial court judge departed downward from the statutory child support guidelines because of the father’s living expenses and because the parents separated one year after the father adopted the child. We reverse.

FACTS

Arlan and Marlene Bakke were married in 1979. Arlan adopted Marlene’s natural son Harley in December 1981. A dissolution decree dated November 14,1983 granted custody to Marlene and ordered Arlan to pay $100 per month child support.

The trial court found that Arlan nets…