Young v. Young

This is a child support case.

The former wife filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Marshall County seeking an increase in the husband's child support obligations as set forth in the prior divorce decree. The trial court, after an ore tenus hearing, increased the amount of child support from $60 every two weeks to $75 every two weeks. Computing this on a monthly basis, the husband's obligations were increased from $130 to $162.50 per month. The wife appeals.

The dispositive issue is whether the trial court erred to reversal in failing to award a more substantial increase in child support. We…