Kaplan v. Bugalla

OPINION

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.

This case involves a post-divorce petition to modify child support to include payment of the children’s extraordinary educational expenses. The trial court denied relief, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We accepted this case to determine whether an obligee-parent is required to prove a “significant variance”, as defined in the Child Support Guidelines, in the obligor-parent’s income before the trial court can order the obligor-parent to pay a portion of the children’s…