Hanson v. Hanson

This is an action to modify, i.e., to reduce the alimony and child-support payments specified in a divorce decree because conditions, allegedly, have changed since the entry of the decree.

The facts are as follows: Howard Hanson filed a complaint for a divorce on August 21, 1952, alleging: cruelty and personal indignities as ground for divorce; that Rose M. Hanson, the wife, was a proper person to have custody of the three small children of the parties. The complaint stated that a property and settlement agreement had been executed, giving the home, household effects, and a 1948 Ford coupe to…