McCARTOR v. PARR

No. 9259.

612 S.W.2d 268 (1981)

Robert Lynn McCARTOR, Appellant, v. Katherine Diane PARR, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

February 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. J. Humphrey, Amarillo, for appellant.

Whittenburg, Whittenburg & Schachter, Steven L. Hoard, Amarillo, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Robert Lynn McCartor appeals from a judgment ordering increases in his monthly child support payments and reimbursement for medical expenses paid. Because the court abused its discretion by ordering payments in excess of McCartor's evidenced ability to pay, we reverse and remand.

When McCartor and his wife, Katherine Diane McCartor, now Katherine Diane Parr, were divorced in 1974, he was ordered to contribute $60 per month toward the...

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