Whelan v. Whelan

In this appeal from a judgment modifying child support we consider whether a judge of the Probate and Family Court employed the proper method in calculating the plaintiff father’s income from self-employment. When the plaintiff father, Kenneth R. Whelan, became unemployed one month after the parties divorced, he filed a complaint for modification of his *617child support obligations. The defendant mother, Kathleen A. Whelan, filed a counterclaim seeking an increase in child support, retroactive adjustment, and modification of provisions governing health insurance for the children. The parties…