Furie
Furie v. Furie (In re Furie)
Opinion
lead Opinion
Chaney, J.
*819 This appeal centers on Russell Furie's (father) request for the trial court to enter an order reducing his child support obligations and Kelly Furie's (mother) request for an order regarding the couple's children's orthodontic care and expenses. 1 The trial court denied father's request to reduce child support, found that father controls the Douglas Mae Trust (the *820 Trust), ordered father to pay the requested orthodontic expenses, and granted mother sole authority to make decisions regarding the children's orthodontic care. 2 We affirm the trial court's orders.
BACKGROUND
Mother and father married on November 2, 1996. Their first child, K.F., was born in January 1998, and M.F. followed three years later. Mother petitioned the trial court in August 2009 to dissolve the marriage. Six months later, the trial court entered a stipulated judgment for legal separation incorporating a settlement agreement. 3
A. The Stipulated Judgment
The judgment awarded father and mother joint legal custody of the children, and ordered father to maintain health insurance for the children and to pay $1,454 per month in child support, half of school or child care costs, and half of uninsured…