Walker v. Walker

In this procedurally complicated case, the appellant-husband seeks to reduce his support obligations under a foreign divorce decree, and at the same time the respondent-wife seeks to enforce the same support obligations as to certain past due amounts.

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The parties were divorced in July 1972 in Hawaii. The Hawaii decree granted the wife custody of the parties’ three children, and provided that the husband was to pay a total of $900 per month for support of his children and former wife. Subsequently both parties became Oregon domiciliaries.

On February 5, 1975, husband filed a motion to modify…