Marriage of Little v. Little

OPINION

McGREGOR, Justice.

¶ 1 In this opinion, we consider the standard courts should apply in determimng whether a non-custodial parent’s voluntary decision to leave his or her employment to become a full-time student constitutes a sufficient change in circumstances to warrant a downward modification of the parent’s child support obligation.

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¶2 The parties divorced in November 1995. The court ordered appellant Billy L. Little, Jr., an Air Force lieutenant, to pay $1,186 per month for the support of his two young children. In August 1996, appellant resigned his commission in the Air Force, a…