Harris v. Harris

MITCHELL, Justice.

There are two main issues in the present case. The first issue is whether the District Court properly modified a prior judgment by reducing the amount of the defendant’s obligation to make support payments to the plaintiff that the court had ordered the defendant to specifically perform. The second issue is whether the District Court lacked the authority to order an assignment of the defendant’s United States Army retirement pay. We hold that the court in the exercise of its powers in equity could modify the prior judgment ordering specific performance of the separation…