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Date: 09-24-2024
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Jacob A. Wilde v. Mackala M. Wild, n/k/a Mickayla M. Taggart
Case Number: 50625
Judge: Brian D. Lee
Court: Third Judicial District Court, Payette County, Idaho
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Payette, Idaho divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution action.
Wilde and Taggart’s judgment and decree of divorce was entered on June 18, 2018. The parties are the parents of one minor child, E.W., born in 2015. The original judgment ordered Wilde to payTaggart$143.07 in child supportper month.
Less than two months after entry of the divorce decree, Wilde filed a petitionto modify the custody arrangementforE.W. Wilde claimed Taggart was homeless and had been staying at friends’ residences with E.W. The matter was litigated,and Wilde’s petition was dismissed on March 27, 2019.Four months later, Wilde filed another petition to modifythedecree of divorce,claimingthat Taggart had become physically and mentally incapacitated to an extent where E.W.’s health and safety were in jeopardy. Wilde also requested a change in the custody arrangementand asked the court to modify child support to reflect the additionaltimehe was requesting with E.W. Specifically, Wilde asked the courttoorder that Taggart pay child support to Wilde in the amount of $386.63 per month,subject to any credit received for her pro rata portion of healthcare costs, and that “child support payments should be due and payable on the 1st day of each month, beginning June 1, 2019.”Wilde alleged that although Taggart had voluntarily quit her job, she was still capable of maintaining gainful employment; therefore, she should have at least minimum wage income imputed to her.
Outcome: Affirmed
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