In re the Marriage of Ainsworth

Mother appeals the denial of her motion to increase father’s child support obligation from $150 to $431 per month. We remand for the trial court to reconsider child support.

The parties’ marriage was dissolved in 1983, and mother was awarded custody of their minor child. The judge required father to pay $150 per month child support. In 1990, mother requested modification of that order. There is no dispute that a change of circumstances has occurred. Father now has a child by his new wife and a stepchild living with him. The stepchild’s father does not pay child support, and her mother has made…