McClure v. Dowell

HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from a judgment for principal and interest on an Alabama divorce decree which awarded child support payments. Affirmed, except as to interest, which is reversed. No costs.

Plaintiff and defendant executed a pre-divorce agreement in which the former agreed not to remove the children beyond a certain area, with rights of visitation in defendant. Defendant made regular payments, but for two years could not make the payments solely because the plaintiff concealed herself and children, due partly to a trip to Europe. It is significant that she was paid the amounts so…