Defendant appeals the court's denial of his motion to modify a child support order. Plaintiff and defendant were divorced on 20 October 1989. Defendant again moved for reduction of child support based on changed circumstances. In a hearing held on 17 December 1993, the court denied this motion. By written order entered 24 January 1994, the court set out findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting the denial of defendant's motion.
Defendant has a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a master's degree in computer science.
After receiving his master's, defendant worked for Southwest Research Institute. In November 1992, defendant applied for acceptance into the Ph. D program in computer science at North Carolina State University and was accepted in early 1993. On 30 September 1993 defendant, along with others in the artificial intelligence department, was terminated from his job at Becton-Dickinson. Following his termination, defendant enrolled in the Ph.D program described above and began working part-time as a teaching assistant.