Carstens v. Carstens

Appellant appeals from the trial court’s order modifying alimony payments of $180 per month to $150 per month.

Appellant and respondent were divorced in 1962. The present action arose when appellant instituted a show cause proceeding to require respondent to make payment of past due alimony obligations under the decree of divorce. Respondent then petitioned the court for modification of the decree of divorce, requesting that alimony payments be reduced in amount. Appellant argued, at the hearing on respondent’s motion for modification, that the payments made to her were not in fact alimony,…