Upon the Petition of Shepherd v. Shepherd

ANDREASEN, Justice.

The district court denied Frank J. Shepherd’s application for modification of its child support order for two separate and distinct reasons. First, the court held it did not have authority to grant Frank’s request that his child support obligation be reduced retroactive to the date the application for modification was filed. Second, it found Frank’s reduced income due to a strike was not a substantial change in circumstances because the reduction was temporary and short-term. We agree.

The application for modification filed by Frank in September of 1986 was submitted to the…