State Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Stone

This is an appeal from a final order directing child support to be paid by the children’s father who had a history of delinquent payments. The appellants, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services joined with the mother of the children, contend that the trial court erred when it ordered the amount of the payments to be computed solely on a percentage of the father’s income. We agree and reverse.

The marriage of the parties was dissolved in 1985. At that time the father was ordered to pay child support in the amount of $50.00 per week per child with an automatic increase to $62.50…