Herron v. Herron

I dissent from the majority's holding that the trial court may make annual adjust ments in child support based only on the court's support guidelines and the parties' financial statements. I believe the provision in the trial court's decree allowing such adjustments violates Ind.Code 831-1-11.5-17 because it allows child support to be modified without a showing of a substantial and continuing change in cireum-stances. Under this decree Nicholas' child support obligation may be modified annually on a showing of any change in the parties' income. Thus, if Nicholas suffers a business loss in…