Arndt v. Arndt’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “One way to demonstrate a substantial and material change in the needs of the child is to show the child’s needs at the time of the prior support order and the child's needs at the time of the hearing, but that is not the only way. Contrary to the appellant’s argument, the appellee is not required to offer evidence of her income and each expense at the time of the prior order and her income and each expense at the time of the hearing so that an overall comparison could be made. Her testimony showing a substantial increase in the designated expenses for the child, in the absence of evidence showing any decrease in expenses, was sufficient to establish her claim that there had been a material and substantial increase in the needs of the child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hammond v. Hammond