Case Name: Billy Ray RANDLES, Appellant, v. Rebecca M. RANDLES, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2011-02-15
Citations: 331 S.W.3d 702
Docket Number: No. WD 71931
Parties: Billy Ray RANDLES, Appellant, v. Rebecca M. RANDLES, Respondent.
Judges: Before Division II: KAREN KING MITCHELL, Presiding Judge, and JOSEPH M. ELLIS and VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judges.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 331
Pages: 702–702

Head Matter:
Billy Ray RANDLES, Appellant, v. Rebecca M. RANDLES, Respondent.
No. WD 71931.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Feb. 15, 2011.
James D. Boggs and W. Christian Boggs, Kansas City, MO, for Appellant.
Brian J. Klopfenstein, Kearney, MO, for Respondent.
Before Division II: KAREN KING MITCHELL, Presiding Judge, and JOSEPH M. ELLIS and VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judges.

Opinion:
Order
PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from the circuit court's denial of a motion to modify a father's child support obligation. The issue is whether the circuit court abused its discretion in failing to find a change of circumstances due to an alleged decrease in the father's salary and an alleged increase in the mother's. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion because the father voluntarily underemployed himself without justification and because the mother's increase in salary was not so substantial and continuing as to render the initial determination unreasonable. Therefore, we affirm. Rule 84.16(b).