Melvin v. Melvin

The defendant, Katherine Melvin, appeals a decision of the Superior Court (Bean, J.) which held that the provi*446sions of RSA 458:19 automatically terminated the defendant’s alimony payments. We reverse and remand.

The parties were divorced on January 17, 1980, and the divorce decree granted the plaintiff, David L. Melvin, custody of the parties’ minor children and ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendant thirty dollars per week in alimony. On January 17, 1983, the plaintiff terminated alimony payments based on his understanding of RSA 458:19. The defendant petitioned the superior court for a…