DeRousse v. Roth

Missouri Court of Appeals

DeRousse v. Roth

690 S.W.2d 470, 1985 Mo. App. LEXIS 3384

CourtMissouri Court of Appeals

DecidedApril 30, 1985

DocketNo. 49034

StatusPublished

Cited by1 cases

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DeRousse v. Roth, 690 S.W.2d 470, 1985 Mo. App. LEXIS 3384 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985).

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Opinion

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Father appeals denial of his motion to reduce weekly child support from $50 to $10 based on his loss of a mail carrying contract.

In denying reduction the trial court followed VanLuvan v. VanLuvan, 577 S.W.2d 156 (Mo.App.1979), holding that we defer to the trial court’s opportunity to judge the father’s credibility and deny modification absent monetary changes making the child support allowance unreasonable. The court there ruled:

“While appellant has shown reduced income, his present circumstances do not, standing alone, compel modification of the support award as the evidence adequately supports the conclusion that respondent’s need remains equal to if not greater than existed at the time of the original judgment.”

Father primarily bases his motion on non-renewal of his mail contract. He was the second highest bidder when he increased his bid by 25%. He was then offered but declined a full-time job as service manager where he had been employed part-time, this because the work was too hard.

In denying husband’s motion the trial court found “no evidence to show petitioner’s decreased financial ability to pay support is so continuing as to make the terms unreasonable.”

Affirmed.

CRIST, P.J., and CRANDALL, J., concur.

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