In re Marriage of Christopherson

Mother appeals a trial court order modifying a dissolution judgment to increase father’s child support obligation. She argues that the trial court incorrectly applied the Child Support Guidelines (guidelines), ORS 25.270 to ORS 25.285, to determine that father’s modified obligation was $530 per month. She objects to the court’s finding that the presumptively correct amount of $659 per month had been rebutted and to the method that the court used to make a downward adjustment from the guideline amount. We reverse.

The parties’ marriage was dissolved on June 15, 1987. The dissolution judgment…