Butler v. Butler

BECK, Judge:

This appeal from a child support order raises two issues: (1) whether in calculating appellant father’s financial resources for child support, a court may include annuity payments he receives from a tort action award (“tort award”) and (2) whether the instant support award is excessive. We affirm the order of the lower court.

II] Our scope of appellate review in support proceedings is narrow.

[A]bsent a clear abuse of discretion, we will defer to the order of the lower court____ ‘A finding of abuse is not lightly made but only upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence.... ’…