Gueldenzopf v. Gueldenzopf

This is a petition to modify a divorce decree. The parties were divorced in 1967. The decree awarded the wife $425 a month alimony. The former husband now seeks to reduce that payment by an amount equal to what his former wife is earning. The trial court reduced the alimony award from $425 a month to $175. Defendant wife appeals.

At the time of the divorce the wife was not employed outside the home. At the time of the hearing, however, she was, and had been, employed for a year and a half. She had gross earnings of $375 a month and a total net income after taxes of approximately $620 a month,…