Brockington v. Brockington

Appellant, William S. Brockington, appeals from an order of the family court which denied his petition for reduction and ultimate termination of support payments to respondent, his former wife. We affirm.

Appellant, a surgeon in Greenwood, commenced this action to have his monthly support obligation reduced from $1,200 to $600 effective July 1980 and terminated entirely upon his reaching 65 in February 1982. The support obligation arises from an agreement executed in July 1970 by the parties prior to their divorce. The agreement was subsequently made a part of- the divorce decree by specific…