In Re Marriage Of Pollard

991 P.2d 1201 (2000)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

F and M were divorced in October 1989. M was to pay f, as custodial parent, $ 217 per month for the couple's two children, born in 1983 and 1984. In January 1997, M petitioned for modification of the child support order, claiming change in income. After remarriage and the birth of two additional children, M had left military service and now worked part-time for the military while working full time as a mother and homemaker. During the last year of her full-time military employment, M earned approximately $ 22,150. M is now making approximately $ 323 per month in her part-time work for the military. M requested reduction of her support obligation to $58 per month ($ 29 per child), effective from the date she filed the petition in January 1997. The trial court modified the support order, reducing Ms. Brookins's obligation to $ 85 per month. The court concluded that 'M is not voluntarily underemployed with an intent to avoid child support but is working as a mother in the home full time raising children.' F appealed.