Reick v. Reick

This is an appeal from an order increasing child support in a divorce matter from $150 to $225 per month. The order was based on a substantial change in circumstances over about a nine-year period from the date of the decree of June 13, 1972.

It is clear that the amount required to satisfy the needs of a nine-month old infant at the time of divorce and those of a ten-year old girl in December, 1981 (the date of the award here appealed), has increased substantially. The only remaining question of substance is the “ability to pay” of the child’s parents, each of whom has the duty to satisfy such…