In Re the Marriage of Ryan

The First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, granted a decree of dissolution to appellant Robert L. Ryan and respondent Shirley J. Ryan and ordered the appellant to pay respondent $9,380 to fulfill his child support obligations. Robert Ryan appeals the child support judgment alleging that it is an improper modification of the parties’ separation agreement because it creates a retroactive child support obligation. We affirm.

Did the District Court err in ordering the husband to pay child support to the wife when the separation agreement required the husband to support children in…