In re the Marriage of Kime

Husband appeals from an order of the trial court modifying the support provision of a dissolution of marriage decree.

The parties were divorced in 1973. They have one child. Under the original decree, entered in King County, Washington,1 husband was required to pay $300 per month “alimony.” (In their property settlement agreement, the parties denominated the award “undifferentiated” and specified that it was to cover both spousal and child support.) The decree also awarded wife the family home and required that husband pay $97.24 for the monthly mortgage payment until the mortgage was paid in…