SPINGOLA v. SPINGOLA

No. 11589.

580 P.2d 958 (1978)

91 N.M. 737

Louise B. SPINGOLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lawrence J. SPINGOLA, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry S. Key, Kenneth S. McDaniel, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant.

Atkinson & Kelsey, Jan B. Gilman, David H. Kelsey, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

EASLEY, Justice.

The plaintiff-appellant, Louise B. Spingola (mother), sued defendant-appellee, Lawrence J. Spingola (father), seeking to increase the amount of child support awarded in their divorce decree. The trial court refused the requested increase. We reverse.

Issues

The questions we consider are:

(1) whether the trial court properly went behind an unambiguous original decree and considered evidence that added...

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