The Respondent Father brought a motion to terminate his child support obligation, while the Applicant Mother sought a retroactive increase in child support and Section 7 expenses dating back to 2001.
The court found a material change in circumstances due to the father's significantly increased income and the children's independence.
Applying the D.B.S. factors, the court determined that the mother's delay in seeking variation was unreasonable, but the father was blameworthy for not voluntarily disclosing his increased income.
The court ordered the father to pay $25,000 in retroactive child support for the three years prior to the motion, rejecting both parties' calculations.
However, the mother's new claim for Section 7 expenses was dismissed, as the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain a new claim for relief after the children were no longer 'children of the marriage' and no prior order for such expenses existed.
