In re the Marriage of Dawson

The custodial mother appeals an order reducing father’s child support obligation from $150 to $100 monthly from February through September, 1980. The issue is whether father sustained his burden of proving a material change of circumstances. We review de novo and find he has not. ORS 19.125(3). Accordingly, we reverse.

The parties were divorced in January, 1977. One child was bom of the marriage. The decree provided father pay $135 monthly child support for one year and $150 monthly thereafter.

In April, 1977, at the urging of the District Attorney’s Support Enforcement Division, father signed…