MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF STOLTZFUS

No. 30030-0-I.

69 Wn. App. 558 (1993)

849 P.2d 685

In the Matter of the Marriage of TONI T. STOLTZFUS, Appellant, and ERNEST R. STOLTZFUS, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

April 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Schoonmaker, for appellant.

Valerie A. Bell, Jonathan S. Solovy, and Bell, O'Connor, Flegenheimer & Leong, for respondent.


BAKER, J.

In this case we are asked to decide whether a voidable escalation clause in the parties' divorce decree can be retroactively enforced to collect unpaid child support obligations which have accrued over a 10-year period. We hold that the voidable clause may not be retroactively enforced, and therefore affirm.

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The parties' dissolution decree granted sole custody of their only child to the mother and set the child support obligation of the...

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