Opinion ID: 1709616
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Modification of child support obligation.

Text: Hurd claims that the dissolution decree was orally modified and that the child support amount was reduced to $200 per month. He further claims that he no longer has a responsibility to pay child support because Heather is not a full-time college student, as required by the dissolution decree. We need not address these claims because they are nothing more than an attempt by Hurd to alter the terms of the dissolution decree with respect to the amount of child support he must pay each month. The legislature has clearly stated such actions must be initiated in district court in the original dissolution case. See Iowa Code § 598.21(8). Thus, Hurd's only remedy concerning the amount of child support he must pay each month must be pursued as a petition to modify the child support provisions of the original divorce decree. Accordingly, the district court properly refused to address Hurd's claim concerning his monthly child support obligation. Having determined what information may properly be considered in calculating the amount of child support owed by Hurd, we now turn to the merits of the main issue we must consider in this appeal.