Beltz v. Beltz

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

The trial court denied appellant Steven Beltz’s motion for a modification in child support, concluding that any decrease in his earnings did not constitute a substantial change in circumstances and that his support obligation for one of the parties’ two children did not terminate when that child reached the age of emancipation. We reverse and remand to recalculate appellant’s earnings and to determine whether the parties agreed in writing to a constant level of child support even after one child reached the age of emancipation.

FACTS

The fifteen-year marriage of appellant…