Poehnelt v. Poehnelt

This case involves an appeal from an order of the circuit court amending a divorce judgment and increasing the monthly child support payments.

Dorothy Poehnelt, the plaintiff-respondent, and Matthew Poehnelt, the defendant-appellant, obtained a divorce on September 24, 1973, pursuant to a written stipulation. The stipulation provided for a division of the marital estate and assets in lieu of alimony and also payment of child support for the seven minor children. The plaintiff-wife was to receive the family farm valued at $40,000 and assume an $1,800 mortgage debt thereon, as well as the farm…