Marriage of Little v. Little

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the “primary task” for a trial court is to weigh the evidence and consider all the circumstances to determine whether modification is warranted
• recognizing that a child support obligation is paramount to all other financial obligations
• noting that, when determining child support, court may impute income to parent “if the parent’s earnings are reduced voluntarily and not for reasonable cause”
• stating family court “retain[s] discretion to consider the nature of the changes and the reasons for the changes” to “determine whether, under all the circumstances, a modification is warranted”
• “An abuse of discretion exists when the record, viewed in the light most favorable to upholding the trial court’s decision, is ‘devoid of competent evidence to support’ the decision.”
• “An abuse of discretion exists when the record, viewed in the light most favorable to upholding the trial court’s decision, is ‘devoid of competent evidence to support’ the decision.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).