Loveless v. Loveless

On February 6, 1969, a decree was entered in the Circuit Court of Macoupin County, awarding a divorce to plaintiff-appellant Randall L. Loveless. He was awarded custody of the children and directed to pay to his divorced spouse, defendant-appellee Mary L. Loveless, the sum of ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) as alimony in gross. The details of the decree as it pertained to the alimony were as follows:

The plaintiff shall pay the ninety thousand dollars ($90,000.00) to the clerk of this court for the benefit of the defendant, in the following manner: $30,000.00 to be paid on February 28, 1969,…