The Mississippi Supreme Court held that the chancellor did not abuse her discretion in denying a continuance, but vacated her upward modification of alimony and remanded for further findings on the existence and foreseeability of a material change in circumstances and on the accuracy of the award calculation.
Mississippi Supreme Court, 2002
Published opinions from 2002. The case name opens the case page.
2002 opinions
MississippiIn the Matter of the Dissolution of the Marriage of Cynthia C. Pro-Filet and William Bindley Profilet, Jr. William…
September 12, 20022002 Miss. LEXIS 281
The Mississippi Supreme Court held that the chancellor did not abuse discretion in denying William Bindley Profilet’s motion for continuance, but vacated the upward modification of alimony and remanded for further findings on the existence and foreseeability of a material change in circumstances and the correctness of…
The court held that the chancellor did not make the findings required to justify a child-support award exceeding the statutory guideline amount, particularly because the parties' prior agreement to private schooling was insufficient by itself.