Wise v. Wise

The appeal is from an order denying a petition to modify a previous divorce decree.

The parties to this appeal were divorced on September 5, 1979 and the decree of divorce awarded the custody of the two minor children to the mother. The decree also required the father to pay $300.00 per month as basic child support, to procure hospital insurance for the children, to purchase and maintain in force a $40,000 life insurance policy on his life with the children as beneficiaries, to make the monthly payment on the wife's car and pay her $275.00 per month for housing.

On May 20, 1980 the father filed…