Dean v. Dean

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Dean v. Dean

503 So. 2d 439, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 696, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7131

District Court of Appeal of Florida·Decided March 4, 1987·No. No. 4-86-2621·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the trial court’s order of modification because we believe it was error for the court to reduce the already modest child support of $50.00 per week for a three-year-old agreed to in 1976 to $35.00 per week for a now thirteen-year-old child. It is undisputed on the record that the father’s income has gone from $22,-000.00 in 1976 to $35,000.00 in 1985 and that the needs of the child have increased. We reject the father’s claim that he is entitled to a reduction because he has remarried and now has three additional children to support. His remarriage does not constitute a valid basis for avoiding his previous obligation of support.

HERSEY, C.J., and ANSTEAD and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.

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PER CURIAM.

We reverse the trial court’s order of modification because we believe it was error for the court to reduce the already modest child support of $50.00 per week for a three-year-old agreed to in 1976 to $35.00 per week for a now thirteen-year-old child. It is undisputed on the record that the father’s income has gone from $22,-000.00 in 1976 to $35,000.00 in 1985 and that the needs of the child have increased. We reject the father’s claim that he is entitled to a reduction because he has remarried and now has three additional children to support. His remarriage does not constitute a valid basis for avoiding his previous obligation of support.

HERSEY, C.J., and ANSTEAD and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.

Dean v. Dean, 503 So. 2d 439, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 696, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7131 (Fla. Ct. App. 1987).

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