Handel v. Handel

Raymond E. Aldrich, Jr., J.

Petitioner seeks to modify the provisions of a divorce decree obtained by her in Mexico on September 23, 1964 so as to increase respondent’s support obligation from $30 per week for each of three children to $100 per week for each child.

The petition alleges that the decree contained a recital which approved, ratified and confirmed a separation agreement executed by the parties on September 14,1964, which was then incorporated in the decree, the agreement, however, not being merged but surviving the decree and made binding on the parties.

The modification plea is…