TERRY v. TERRY

No. S-4866.

851 P.2d 837 (1993)

Kathy TERRY, Appellant, v. Roger TERRY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy J. Keck and Carol Daniel, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Fairbanks, for appellant.

No appearance for Roger Terry.

Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Kathy Terry appeals her child support award of $500.00 per month. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the award and remand for recalculation.

The standard of review applicable to a child support award is abuse of discretion. An award will be set aside only if we are "left with a `definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.'" Richmond v. Richmond, 779 P.2d 1211, 1216 (Alaska 1989) (quoting...

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