Scheppers
Scheppers v. Scheppers
Opinion
Lead Opinion
McKinster, J.
A father of minor children appeals from an order modifying his child support obligation. We affirm.
*648 Factual and Procedural Background
Dennis Scheppers and Nancy Scheppers married in 1974. The marriage produced six children: Micah, Matthew, Amber, Joseph, Amanda, and Jennifer. When their marriage was dissolved in 1987, all six children were minors.
In July of 1998, the mother applied for and obtained an order to show cause seeking, inter alia, a modification of child support for the two minor children living with her. Following an evidentiary hearing, the trial court set the father’s child support obligation at $2,991 per month. The father appeals.
Contentions
In a somewhat different order, the father contends that the trial court erred in four respects: by failing to include in the mother’s gross income sums she received as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy; by failing to impute any income to the mother based upon her ability to earn; by basing the father’s income upon an unreasonable work schedule; and by depriving the father of due process and equal protection of the law.