Clark v. Clark

SULLIVAN, Justice.

In Lambert v. Lambert, 861 N.E.2d 1176 (Ind.2007), this Court held that pre-incar-ceration income should not be imputed to an imprisoned parent when setting an initial order of child support. But, until the question was before us, we declined to go further and decide whether or not incarceration constitutes a substantial change in cireumstances justifying modification of an existing child support obligation. That question is presented in this case and we conclude, based on the same reasoning we employed in Lambert, that modification is justified.

Background

On June 15, 2007,…