MacKenzie v. MacKenzie

I respectfully dissent. In October 1978, the parties entered into a separation agreement whereby defendant agreed to pay child support in the sum of $30 per week for each of his twin sons (then aged six) and $10 per week in alimony. At that time, plaintiff was earning $7,176 annually, and defendant was earning $16,500. After the divorce in 1979, defendant remarried and now resides with his stepdaughter (age 10 at hearing) and daughter (aged four) of the current marriage. Petitioner commenced the instant proceeding for an upward modification of child support in 1986. At the time of the…