Wilton Lee Triggs, II and Brittany Denece Triggs

Clanton, Alabama family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce.

The father and the mother divorced in January 2021. At time of the divorce, the mother and the father had twin children, W.L.T. ("the son") and W.C.T. ("the daughter") (collectively "the children"), who had been born during the marriage; the children were four years old and attended a childcare center that cost $1,599 per month. Also at the time of the divorce, the father earned approximately $39,500 per month as a licensed reconstructive surgeon in Ohio, and the mother earned approximately $6,500 per month as an attorney for the Social Security Administration in Montgomery. The trial court incorporated a settlement agreement into the divorce judgment that provided that the mother and the father would have joint legal custody of the children, that the mother would have sole physical custody of the children subject to the father's visitation, and that the father would pay $4,000 per month in child support. Both parties were represented by counsel during the negotiation of the settlement agreement.



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Triggs v. Triggs, CL-2024-0129 (Ala. Civ. App. Oct 18, 2024)

Based on the record before us, we cannot say that the trial court abused its discretion in finding that there has been a material change in the needs of the children that would support a modification of the father's child-support obligation. However, the evidence does not support an increase of $11,000 per month. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's judgment and remand the cause for the entry of a new judgment consistent with this opinion.