Betts v. Betts

This is an appeal from a denial by the circuit court of a motion by appellant-wife to increase the husband’s support obligation for the parties’ three children. The decree, entered in 1969, provided that the husband was to pay $100 per month per child until the children reached majority or were otherwise emancipated. The wife’s motion sought to increase the support payment to $125 per month per child.

The issue before us in this de novo review is whether the wife has established, by a preponderance of the evidence, a change in circumstances which would warrant an increase in child support.

The…