Department of Revenue v. Foss

The mother appeals from a judgment entered in 1997 on her complaint for modification of a child support order.1 While the judgment increased the father’s support obligation, it deviated substantially from the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines (guidelines). Because the judge’s reasons and specific findings are insufficient to support a departure from the guidelines, the judgment of modification is vacated.

*453Both parties filed financial statements and testified at an evidentiary hearing. We take our facts from the judge’s findings, supplementing them on occasion by uncontroverted facts in…