Rojas

Appellant Ronna Rojas appeals a May 30, 1995, order denying her motion for modification of child support for her minor child, Bethany Starr Mitchell, bom January 16, 1992.

Background

On October 1, 1991, appellant filed a complaint against respondent Kevin Mitchell to establish his paternity of her unborn child. Following a hearing at which respondent did not appear, he was found to be the father and ordered to pay $5,000 as an advance against future child support upon the birth of the child, plus specified medical expenses and attorney fees. At a January 1992 default hearing after the child’s birth, respondent was ordered to pay birth-related expenses, maintain and pay for the child’s health and dental insurance, pay $5,000 monthly child support, pay $2,600 for expenses in setting up a nursery for the child, and pay appellant’s attorney fees and costs.

Thereafter, the court granted respondent’s motion to vacate the default and orders resulting therefrom, and in July 1992 the parties stipulated to a judgment which provided, in relevant part, that respondent was to pay $5,000 per month child support, and to maintain health and dental insurance through his employment. The…