Allen v. Allen

This appeal is concerned with the proper interpretation of a provision in a previous divorce decree.

Walter Allen and appellee, Alice K. Allen, were divorced on November 29, 1976. The decree required Dr. Allen to "pay the mortgage payments due on said mortgage and the note secured thereby until the said mortgage and note is paid in full."

On June 15, 1979 Dr. Allen petitioned the court to be relieved of the mortgage payments, or, in the alternative, to have the divorce decree provision relating to mortgage payments clarified. The court did not relieve Dr. Allen of the mortgage payments but it…