Martin v. Martin

Opinion

REPPY, J.

Procedural Background

On October 14, 1964, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County granted a divorce decree between the parties. It provided that defendant-husband (hereinafter, defendant) should pay to plaintiff-wife (hereinafter, plaintiff) as alimony “a sum equal to seventeen and one-half per cent (17 Vi %) of defendant’s gross taxable income from July 1, 1964, through June 30, 1969 ... to be calculated and paid quarterly . . and that defendant “is to make available to plaintiff ... all of his books and records for reasonable inspection, and provide plaintiff with copies of…