Russell v. Russell

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

The parties here were married in 1921 and have two children. A final decree of divorce was granted to the wife in 1940, directing her former husband, the appellant, to pay her one thousand dollars a month, $900 for alimony and $100 for the support of one of the children who requires special schooling for physical reasons. This award of $12,000 represented approximately half of the husband’s income; but it was made with his voluntary consent. Since the decree the husband’s income has increased but the former payments still represent about forty per cent of the total.…