Forsythe v. Forsythe

Mendenhall, Acting Judge:

This is an appeal from a Decree of Divorce incorporating a settlement which was reached by the parties on the day of the hearing, read into the record by the wife’s attorney, and approved by the trial judge. The wife now seeks to have this agreement set aside. We affirm in part and remand in part.

In summary, the settlement agreement provided that the husband should pay the wife alimony of $300.00 a month for 36 months. She would receive the marital home, encumbered by a mortgage of $64,000.00, with monthly payments of $731.00. The husband would receive a tree farm,…