West v. Scott

HOLMES, Judge.

This case is the second appeal to this court involving a petition to modify the amount of child support payments.

The mother and father in this case were divorced in 1977. The custody of their one child was awarded to the mother, and the father was ordered to pay the mother $100 per month in child support.

In September, 1981, the mother brought a petition asking that the father be held in contempt because he was $900 in arrears in child support payments. The mother also sought an increase in the child support provisions due to changed circumstances.

In his first decree, the trial…