In re the Marriage of Wilkins

Appellant-father brings this appeal from an order modifying the dissolution-of-marriage decree.

The parties’ marriage was terminated by a dissolution-of-marriage decree entered in February, 1973, after eight years of marriage and the birth of three children. The original decree ordered child-support payments by the father of $75 per month per child along with other temporary payments.1 In April, 1977, respondent-mother petitioned the trial court to increase the child-support payments to $150 per month per child and to allow her the income tax deduction for the children. After hearing the…