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Judge reinstates original child-support order, finds mother's income reduction voluntary

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After an appeal of a child-support modification, Judge David D. Wolfe set aside the magistrate's findings and reinstated the original court-ordered child support, finding the mother's reduced income was a voluntary choice to take lower-paying work to be near her children.

Judge David D. Wolfe set aside the findings and recommendations of a child-support magistrate and reinstated the original court-ordered child support after hearing testimony in an appeal brought by Mr. Donkus.

The appeal concerned a modification in which the mother's reported income had fallen from roughly $3,359 per month in January 2023 to $2,080 at the time of the modification, prompting an…

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