Burke v. Burke

CAMMACK, Chief Justice.

Allan and Nancy Todd Burke were divorced in 1943. Mrs. Burke was granted $50 per month as alimony for herself and $50 per month for the maintenance of an invalid child. In Burke v. Burke, 298 Ky. 292, 182 S.W.2d 786, we affirmed the award of $50 per month as alimony for Mrs. Burke. The child died in 1946, thus relieving Mr. Burke of that obligation.

In 1948, Mr. Burke filed a motion asking that the judgment allowing Mrs. Burke $50 a month as alimony be modified. The motion set forth that at the time of the entry of the divorce judgment the infant child required the…