Petoskey v. Kotas

Defendant appeals from an "order amending judgment of divorce and setting amount of child support arrearages” which increased defendant’s child support obligations from $25 per week per child to $40 per week per child.

On December 22, 1980, a default judgment of divorce was entered in the trial court which ordered defendant to pay child support of $25 per week per child. Plaintiff and defendant have four children so the weekly child support payment totalled $100. This amount was $80 per week less than the friend of the court’s recommendation. Approximately three years later, plaintiff filed a…