Hopkins v. Hopkins

Plaintiff brought this action in September 1950 to collect the accrued arrearages not barred by the statute of limitations (see Hopkins v. Hopkins, 116 Cal.App.2d 174 [253 P.2d 723]) under a 1927 Colorado decree of divorce, which incorporated a property settlement agreement providing that defendant should pay to plaintiff “in lieu of all payments of alimony and support money, and by way of support and maintenance for the first party [plaintiff] and their said minor children, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150) per month . . .” in addition to certain lump-sum payments that were to be…