Marchus v. Marchus

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Gerri Marchus appeals from a district court order vacating Derle Mar-chus’s child support obligation effective January 2001. We hold the district court abused its discretion in retroactively modifying Derle Marchus’s child support obligation, and we reverse the court’s order.

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[¶ 2] Gerri Marchus and Derle Mar-chus were married in 1977, had three children, and were divorced in Eddy County in 1998. At the time of the divorce the parties had two minor children. Gerri Marchus was awarded custody of those two children, and Derle Marchus was ordered to pay her monthly child…