Martens v. Martens

Julius J. Olson, Justice. '

The parties to this suit were married in 1919 and divorced April 22, 1935. By the terms of the decree, defendant was required to pay plaintiff $75 per month as alimony and also reasonable rent for her living quarters. In November 1940 defendant moved for amendment of the decree so as to terminate, or at least to lessen, the alimony and rent provisions, on the grounds that his earnings had decreased and his financial burdens had become more onerous than when the decree was entered, his father having died and left his mother, then 66 years old, in need of his help to…