Krachun v. Krachun

This is a divorce matter which comes to us on appeal from the order of a Wayne county circuit judge modifying a prior decree of divorce between the parties to cancel some $1,500 arrearage in support payments for 1 child, which the defendantappellee had been ordered (and had failed) to make.

Although the Supreme Court hears such matters de novo on the record, we give great weight to the findings of facts of the circuit judge. Hartka v. Hartka, 346 Mich 453; Brugel v. Hildebrant, 332 Mich 475; Donaldson v. Donaldson, 134 Mich 289. We also recognize that considerable discretion is vested in the…