In Re the Marriage of Ladely

Petitioner, Billie Jo Ladely, challenges a district court’s award of child support in an order modifying the decree dissolving her marriage to respondent, Kenneth Leroy Ladely. Although the district court determined that changed circumstances required that Kenneth’s child support obligation be increased, it deviated from the child support guidelines in fixing the new level of support. The court made a specific finding that a strict application of the guidelines in this case would be unjust. The reason given for that conclusion was the financial burden now imposed on Kenneth in supporting his…