Schuster v. Schuster

Mobley, Justice.

Raymond H. Schuster, Jr. brought an action against his former wife, Edvige J. Schuster, seeking to modify the terms of a divorce decree to reduce his monetary obligation for alimony. At the hearing on the petition for modification, the only evidence presented consisted of testimony by the plaintiff along with certain documentary evidence. No jury having been demanded by either party, the trial judge found that plaintiff had incurred a substantial reduction in income and financial status since the entry of the original decree of divorce and alimony and entered a judgment in…