Increase in Child Support
Trial court abused its discretion in failing to comply with 750 ILCS 5/510(a) and 750 ILCS 5/513 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, 750 ILCS 5/510(a) and 750 ILCS 5/513, before extending the termination date of a support order to provide child support for an 18 year-old until his graduation from high school. Waller v. Waller
The trail court did not abuse its discretion in increasing the amount of child support where the children had grown older and, thus, the court could presume their needs increased, ex-wife testified that as the children were older, they became more involved in school activities, thereby increasing their expenses, husband’s financial affidavits indicated he was making a higher salary than he did at the time of dissolution and this way not contradicted, and ex-wife was not making much more money and testified she needed the child support in order to make ends meet. In re Lambdin
Petitioner clearly established both increased expenses for her daughters and respondent’s increased ability to support them; hence, the appellate court found an abuse of discretion in the circuit court’s dismissal of petitioner’s petition for modification and found that the record supported an increase in child support in an amount calculated pursuant to 750 ILCS 5/505(a). In re Heil
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