In Re the Marriage of Rietz

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• explaining a voluntary reduction in income or earning capacity may be a basis for refusing to modify a support 7 obligation
• affirming district court’s modification when record revealed obligor was no longer likely to be employed at the high income level he had enjoyed at the time of the original decree
• noting principles to consider when deciding to modify child support under a divorce decree
• “[T]he change in circumstances must not have been within the contemplation of the trial court when the original decree was entered.”

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