The sole issue before us is the propriety of the trial court’s interpretation of our mandate in In re Marriage of Ashlock,
The wife argues that the $375 per month child support order entered on the remand should have applied retroactively, to commence with the date of the trial court’s original order. We disagree.
However, the trial court incorrectly interpreted our mandate as affirming the previous support order of $50 per child per month for the interim period between the first and second hearings. This interpretation overlooks that portion of our opinion immediately preceding the above-quoted remand stating:
“We are not in a position to say whether the court awarded insufficient support for the minor children or what amount of support it would have awarded if it had considered the correct criteria for awarding the support.” In re Marriage of Ashlock, supra.
The meaning of a remand is to be determined from the reviewing court’s disposition of the issues before it. See Thompson v. Blanchard,
The $375 per month support order is affirmed. However, since the trial court did not consider the proper amount of child support under the applicable statutory criteria for the period between the first and second hearing, the order covering that interim period is reversed and the cause is remanded with directions that the trial court enter a child support award for the period from July 30, 1980, through November 1981, based on the record as it existed on July 30, 1980, and on the applicable statutory criteria.
