# Featherstone v. Brooks

> Supreme Court of Virginia · October 5, 1979 · 220 Va. 443

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9849385

## Case

- **Full name:** Phyllis Featherstone v. Henry S. Brooks
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Virginia
- **Decided:** October 5, 1979
- **Citations:** 220 Va. 443; 258 S.E.2d 513; 1979 Va. LEXIS 279
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Carrico
- **Judges:** Harman, Carrico
- **Cited by:** 56 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that court had authority to modify a divorce decree incorporating a property settlement agreement and to order mother to pay child support when father showed a material change in circumstances

## Opinion text

CARRICO, J.,
dissenting.
As the majority opinion points out, a divorce court may change or modify its decree concerning child maintenance if the party seeking the modification shows that a material change in conditions and circumstances has occurred since entry of the decree. Simply stated, my position is that the father, who sought the modification in this case, failed completely to show a material change in conditions and circumstances. Accordingly, I would reverse the decree appealed from.

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