This is an appeal by the husband from an order which in effect modified a previous order or orders for the support and maintenance of the wife in a divorce action, and further ordered the husband to pay an additional attorney’s fees and costs on an appeal.

On May 26,1960, after a full hearing the court ordered that the custody of the two minor children of the parties be awarded to the wife with visitation rights to the husband. The husband was also ordered to pay to the wife the sum of $259 per month for her support and maintenance (from which she was to make certain house payments) and the husband was to pay the wife as and for the support and maintenance of the minor children the sum of $100 each, or a total of $459 per month. Further, it was ordered that the husband pay the attorney for the wife $1,500 on account for attorney’s fees. There were other orders made at the time with which we are not particularly concerned on this appeal.

The husband was found to be guilty of contempt of court for his failure to comply with some of the orders made on May 26, 1960.

On August 16, 1960, after a full and complete hearing, the order of May 26, 1960, was modified in part to provide, among other things, that the husband pay to the wife for her support and maintenance the sum of $309 per month in lieu of $259 per month.

On August 2, 1961, the wife had a further order to show cause issued to the husband, wherein among other things she in effect sought an increase in the allowance for her and the children’s support and maintenance, and further for an allow anee for attorney’s fees and costs in an appeal taken by the wife from an order of dismissal with reference to certain defendants in the cause. At the same time the wife sought an order of contempt of court with reference to the husband’s refusal to comply with certain of the court’s orders theretofore made.

On September 14 and 15, 1961, a full and complete hearing was conducted. On September 22, 1961, the court ordered that the order of May 26, 1960, as modified by the order of August 16, 1960, be further modified to provide that the husband pay to the wife $350 a month for her support and maintenance, beginning October 1, 1961. The husband was further ordered to pay to counsel for the wife an additional $150 attorney’s fee, and $150 court costs on the appeal taken by the wife from an order of dismissal of certain defendants.

The husband now asserts in substance that the trial court abused its discretion in increasing by $50 per month the temporary support and maintenance of the wife “because there was no change of circumstances to justify any increase, ’ ’ that the court in fact abused its discretion in refusing to reduce the amounts to be paid by the husband for the support and maintenance of the wife, and further that the court abused its discretion in allowing attorney’s fees upon the appeal.

Paraphrasing what was said in Sanchez v. Sanchez, 55 Cal.2d 118, 126 [10 Cal.Rtpr. 261, 358 P.2d 533 ] it is not the function of this court to reweigh conflicting evidence and redetermine the matter at hand, neither is this court vested with discretion to be exercised in the premises. Our function has been fully performed when we find in the record substantial evidence which supports the holding of the trial court. In other words we in effect “equate abuse of discretion with lack of evidence. ” Or, as stated in Frizzell v. Frizzell, 158 Cal.App.2d 652, 655 [ 323 P.2d 188 ] :

Without reciting at length the evidence in this case suffice it to say that we have read the complete record and among other things it demonstrates that the husband was the executive vice-president of several family corporations and as such was active in the management of the business, he was one of the principal shareholders and used an automobile at company expense and had various credit cards for his use. His mode of living had improved at the time of the hearing. The expenses of the wife had increased and her mode of living had worsened.

There was an adverse change in the wife’s living conditions and circumstances as compared with circumstances and conditions at the time of the prior order. However, even had there not been an adverse change in her circumstances the order of modification might well be valid. It is said in Rosenthal v. Rosenthal, 197 Cal.App.2d 289, 309-311 [ 17 Cal. Rptr. 186 ] (hearing denied) :

The trial judge in this case could well have believed the wife and disbelieved the husband; indeed it seems that is what occurred.

The husband’s contention that it was an abuse of discretion for the trial judge not to reduce the payments which he was to make to his wife is in effect answered when we hold, as we do, that there ivas no abuse of discretion upon the part of the trial judge in increasing the monthly support and maintenance allowances to be paid by the husband to the wife.

We think there was no error with reference to the matter of attorney’s fees and costs which were allowed upon the appeal taken by the wife from an order of the court. The appeal obviously was not frivolous in any sense. The attorney’s fee allowed by the trial judge was a nominal amount and could not be held to be exorbitant.

This case is clearly one where the husband has the ability to comply with the orders of the trial court but not the inclination. In fact he seems determined at times not to comply with the court’s orders as is evidenced by the contempt orders set forth in the original file which we have examined. The examination of the original file in this case is no easy task for it is approximately 3 inches thick and the cause is not as yet at issue.

There is no necessity for the wife to set out penny by penny her requirements as might be the ease if a creditor were suing upon such items. There need only be a showing upon which the court can determine approximately what the needs of the wife are. (Wilson v. Wilson, 104 Cal.App.2d 167, 173 [ 231 P.2d 128 ].)

The orders appealed from are and each of the same is affirmed.

Wood, P.J., and Lillie, J., concurred.