In Re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Vaughn

The central issue in this appeal is this: May the court on motion of the husband eliminate the provision in the dissolution decree for the permanent support of the wife solely because she is now cohabiting with a male companion?

The order of the trial court provided that the required payments of $250 a month to the ex-wife were terminated until she stops cohabiting with her male companion.

The parties were married in 1952; the dissolution came in 1973. The decree provided that the monthly support to the ex-wife continue for life, "or until such time as Wife shall remarry.” The evidence was…