Elbinger v. Elbinger

The plaintiff was divorced from the defendant in Wayne County Circuit Court in 1956. The divorce judgment provided that the defendant pay the plaintiff $90 per month as alimony and $150 per month as child support. The judgment also provided that if the defendant’s income should change, the alimony and child support should be adjusted so as to equal respectively 15 and 25 per cent of the increased income. Although defendant’s income increased significantly over the years, he failed to increase the payments.

Plaintiff brought an action in the Wayne County Circuit Court to recover the arrearage.…