Hagbloom v. Hagbloom

Plaintiff was granted a divorce on May 29, 1970. Provision was made in the decree for granting custody and support to plaintiff of her twin eight-year-old daughters. Support payments were set at $200 per month.

On December 11, 1974, plaintiff petitioned for a modification of the amount of support, requesting a raise to approximately $360. Plaintiff carefully itemized and described all potential expenses entailed in this figure.

She alleged changed circumstances in that defendant’s income had risen substantially when he became, at least temporarily, a captain on a Great Lakes shipping vessel…