Morse v. Morse

These two parties were married in 1952. They were divorced in Missouri in June, 1969. Both parties were before the Missouri court, which awarded custody of the couple's five children to the wife and ordered the husband to pay monthly payments of $175 per child to support the children and $175 each month as alimony.

In December, 1979, the wife filed a petition in the Missouri court which granted the divorce, asking the court to enter a judgment for the amount of child support and alimony then in arrearage. The Missouri court entered judgment in the amount of $36,216.19. The wife then brought…