Craddock v. Craddock

This is a child support modification case.

The parties' 1977 divorce judgment granted to the wife $100 monthly support for their minor son pursuant to their settlement agreement. The wife filed the present litigation to modify that award by increasing it to $250 each month. After an ore tenus trial before the circuit court, the resulting January 31, 1984 judgment established those support payments from the husband to the wife at $175 per month. The wife appealed and, through able counsel, earnestly pleads that the trial court abused its discretion in not ordering the husband to provide more…