State Ex Rel. Willis v. Willis

*568GRABER, J.

In this domestic relations case, the circuit court modified father’s child support obligation based on a reduction of father’s financial status resulting in part from his incarceration. The Court of Appeals reversed the modification order, holding that father was barred from seeking a modification under the equitable doctrine of “unclean hands.” Willis and Willis, 109 Or App 584, 820 P2d 858 (1991). We reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and affirm the order of the circuit court.

The parties were married in 1972 and were divorced in 1986. The dissolution judgment granted…