ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.
Joshua F. Blumenshine appeals from the order of the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County modifying custody of his minor children and determining child support obligations under OCGA § 19-6-15 and related issues.
Joshua and Michelle Blumenshine divorced in Wyoming in 2008 with three minor children the issue of their marriage — twins born on August 17, 2001 and a third child born on March 22, 2004. The Wyoming divorce decree awarded the parties joint legal custody of the children and awarded the mother physical custody subject to the father's visitation rights. The mother relocated from Wyoming to Oglethorpe County, Georgia, and both parties subsequently married new spouses. The mother's current married name is Michelle Leigh Hall. In April 2011, the Oglethorpe County Superior Court issued an order on Blumenshine's petition to modify the Wyoming decree and on Hall's counterclaim. At the time, evidence showed that Blumenshine was scheduled to live with his new wife (a member of the United States Air Force) at a military base in Germany, and Hall was scheduled to live with her new husband (a member of the United States Army) at a military base in the state of Washington. Considering the circumstances, the Court's April 2011 modification order awarded Blumenshine and Hall joint physical and legal custody of the three children and gave each parent primary physical custody of the children for alternating years. While the children were in Blumenshine's primary custody for the first year (June 2011 to June 2012) pursuant to the April 2011 modification order, Blumenshine filed another petition for modification of custody in December 2011 in the Oglethorpe County Superior Court seeking sole custody of the children on grounds that changed circumstances showed Hall was not fit to have the children returned to her primary custody for the next school year under the April 2011 order. Hall answered and counterclaimed alleging changed circumstances showing that she was entitled to modification of custody awarding her physical custody of the children. The December 2011 modification action and counterclaim was tried before the Superior Court, which issued a final order in November 2013 giving Hall and Blumenshine joint legal custody of the three children, giving Hall primary physical custody (subject to Blumenshine's visitation rights), determining child support obligations pursuant to OCGA § 19-6-15, ruling that Hall had the right to claim the income tax dependency exemptions for the children, and awarding attorney fees to Hall.
Blumenshine appeals from the Superior Court's November 2013 order. For the following reasons, we affirm the child custody determination and the ruling on dependency exemptions, reverse the child support determination,
1. Blumenshine contends that the Superior Court erred by changing custody and awarding physical custody of the three children to Hall.
Viskup v. Viskup, 291 Ga. 103, 105, 727 S.E.2d 97 (2012) (citations omitted). "A trial court faced with a petition for modification of child custody is charged with exercising its discretion to determine what is in the child's best interest." Id. A court's determination that there has been a material change in condition supporting a modification of custody will be affirmed on appeal absent abuse of discretion, and "[w]here there is any evidence to support the trial court's ruling, a reviewing court cannot say there was an abuse of discretion." Vines v. Vines, 292 Ga. 550, 552, 739 S.E.2d 374 (2013).
There was evidence to support the Superior Court's determination that, while the children were in Blumenshine's primary custody, he denied Hall the opportunity to have contact with the children on more than one occasion in violation of the Court's prior custody award, and that he took actions attempting to alienate the children from Hall. Because there was evidence to support the Court's order modifying custody between fit parents, the order awarding physical custody to Hall was not an abuse of discretion.
2. Blumenshine contends that the Superior Court erred by allocating the income tax dependency exemptions for the children to Hall.
Blumenshine contends that, because the 2008 Wyoming divorce decree awarded him the income tax dependency exemption for one of the children, the Superior Court in this case was bound by the Wyoming decree. Blumenshine does not contest the jurisdiction of the Georgia Superior Court in this case under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (OCGA § 19-9-40 et seq.). Because there was reasonable evidence of changed circumstances which supported the Superior Court's award of physical custody of the children to Hall, the Court was not bound by the prior ruling of the Wyoming court with respect to the dependency exemption. OCGA § 19-9-93. The Court did not err in finding that the parent who was awarded physical custody of the children, Hall, was entitled to claim the dependency exemptions for the three children. Bradley v. Bradley, 270 Ga. 488, 488-489, 512 S.E.2d 248 (1999); Frazier v. Frazier, 280 Ga. 687, 687-688, 631 S.E.2d 666 (2006).
3. Blumenshine contends that the Superior Court erred by considering his new wife's income in calculating his shared child support obligation under OCGA § 19-6-15.
The provisions of OCGA § 19-6-15 set forth the statutory framework for establishing or modifying child support obligations on an income-shares model, which divides child support between the parents on a pro rata basis. Hamlin v. Ramey, 291 Ga.App. 222, 223, 661 S.E.2d 593 (2008) (punctuation and citation omitted); Stoddard v. Meyer, 291 Ga. 739, 740, 732 S.E.2d 439 (2012). To determine a presumptive amount of child support under this framework requires a series of calculations which begins with a determination of the monthly gross income of each parent. Hamlin, 291 Ga.App. at 223, 661 S.E.2d 593; OCGA §§ 19-6-15(b), (f); 19-6-15(a)(12).
Blumenshine contends that the Superior Court erroneously included a portion of his new wife's income as a Captain in the United States Air Force to calculate his child support obligation under OCGA § 19-6-15. We agree. The Court's order calculating child support refers to an attached child support worksheet and addendum which shows that,
Hall points out that, despite the fact that the Court found Blumenshine had wages and salary amounting to a monthly gross income of $4,000.00, the order also found that Blumenshine had a "gross monthly income earning capability" of $4,000.00 "based on education, earning ability, evidence at trial, and financial circumstances and lifestyle of the Father in addition to the Father's income, resources which are used to decrease living expenses, military benefits and other considerations based on the evidence at trial and further explained [in] the [attached] child support worksheet and addendum."
Herrin v. Herrin, 287 Ga. 427, 428-429, 696 S.E.2d 626 (2010). Even if the Court determined child support on the basis that Blumenshine had the capacity to earn a monthly gross income of $4,000.00, it is apparent from the Court's order that its determination was based in part on an erroneous consideration of the income of Blumenshine's new wife.
Because evidence showed that Blumenshine's income from military disability payments and other sources was substantially less than the monthly gross income of $4,000.00 calculated by the Court, and the Court erroneously considered his new wife's income in calculating child support obligations, we reverse the Court's ruling with respect to its determination of child support, and remand the case for reconsideration of this issue in accordance with the evidence and this opinion. Franklin v. Franklin, 294 Ga. 204 205-207, 751 S.E.2d 411 (2013).
5. Blumenshine contends that the Superior Court erred by awarding attorney fees to Hall without evidence sufficient to support the award.
Hall sought the award of attorney fees in her counterclaim without stating a statutory basis for the award, and the Court's order states no statutory basis for its award of attorney fees to Hall in the amount of $15,000.00. In the present action to modify child custody and support, the Court was authorized to award attorney fees under OCGA § 19-9-3(g) or OCGA § 19-6-15(k)(5). Viskup, 291 Ga. at 106-107, 727 S.E.2d 97.
Id. at 106, 727 S.E.2d 97. Although Hall testified as to the amount of attorney fees she had incurred, there was no evidence sufficient to prove that those fees were reasonable.
Driver v. Sene, 327 Ga.App. 275, 279-280, 758 S.E.2d 613 (2014).
Judgment affirmed in part; reversed in part; vacated in part; and case remanded.
McFADDEN and RAY, JJ., concur.