COURT OF APPEALS

                DECISION

   DATED AND RELEASED

 

            October 17, 1996

 

 

 

 

                  NOTICE

 

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No.  95-0754

 

STATE OF WISCONSIN               IN COURT OF APPEALS

     DISTRICT IV           

                                                                                                                       

In re the Marriage of:

 

KATHLEEN STAVLO, f/k/a Kathleen Saa,

 

                                                            Petitioner-Appellant,

 

                        v.

 

FRANCISCO SAA,

 

                                                            Respondent-Respondent.

                                                                                                                      

 

 

                        APPEAL from an order of the circuit court for Dane County:  P. CHARLES JONES, Judge.  Affirmed.

                        Before Vergeront, J., Paul C. Gartzke and Robert D. Sundby, Reserve Judges.

                        PER CURIAM.   Kathleen Stavlo appeals from an order denying her motion for a retroactive increase in child support.  The issue is whether this court is empowered to create a policy exception to § 767.32(1m), Stats., to award a retroactive increase in child support.  We are not empowered to create an exception to § 767.32(1m), which precludes a retroactive modification of child support unless it is to correct a previous error in calculation.  Therefore, we affirm.

                        The trial court applied the proper legal standards to the relevant facts and reached the correct decision.  Therefore, we incorporate the trial court's memorandum decision and affirm its order.  See Wis. Ct. App. IOP VI(5)(a) (June 13, 1994) (court of appeals may adopt the trial court's opinion).

                        By the Court.—Order affirmed.

                        This opinion will not be published.  See Rule 809.23(1)(b)5, Stats. 


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