Heath v. Heath

Wyatt, Presiding Justice.

The plaintiff in error filed a suit for divorce. The defendant in error filed an answer seeking temporary and permanent alimony for named minor children. The petition of the plaintiff in error set out a contract between the husband and the wife, in which alimony on behalf of the wife was settled between the parties. The contract conveyed no property to the children and provided no sums as payment for their support. The only language contained in the contract in so far as the children were concerned was the following: “and agrees further to and does hereby release…