Bingham v. Bingham

Defendant-appellant, Alfred C. Bingham, appeals from an order of the trial court overruling his motion seeking an order “to reduce the previous alimony award granted to the plaintiff to zero.”

The parties were divorced in 1974, following a twenty-seven-year marriage, and defendant was ordered to pay to plaintiff-appellee, Jean G. Bingham, the sum of $300 per month as sustenance alimony. At the time, defendant was earning $16,600 per year, and plaintiff $5,200 as a substitute teacher.

In late 1980, defendant filed a motion seeking an order terminating or reducing the order for sustenance…