Blackwell v. Blackwell

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition to modify a divorce decree.

The husband requested a reduction or termination of periodic alimony payments. The wife cross-petitioned for an increase.

After an ore tenus hearing, the trial court increased the alimony payments from $200 per month to $300 per month and terminated the payment of $100 per month for the support and maintenance of the parties' nineteen-year-old son. In effect, the husband's obligation to pay the wife $300 a month was left unchanged.

The husband appeals from the denial of his petition to modify.

The dispositive issue is…