MARRIAGE OF ORTIZ

No. 16855-0-I.

45 Wn. App. 908 (1986)

728 P.2d 1061

In the Matter of the Marriage of GUADALUPE CORONA ORTIZ, Respondent, ANGEL ORTIZ, Appellant, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES Intervenor.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

October 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee & Uhrig, by M. Kathryn Lee, for appellant.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Wilhelm Dingler, Assistant, for respondents.


CALLOW, J.*

This case involves an automatic escalation clause to increase child support obligations due under a decree of dissolution. The trial court upheld the escalation clause as written. We reverse and grant judgment to the appellant, Angel Ortiz, for the excess of payments made to the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) pursuant to automatic increases in his child support obligations. We also grant the appellant attorney...

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