Lewis v. Lewis

This case involves the interpretation of a divorce decree which incorporated by reference a portion of a separation agreement. We have no doubt but that if the parties were writing the agreement today, the terms would have been defined with greater precision.

Sylvia Lewis, appellant and cross-appellee, and Bernard Lewis, appellee and cross-appellant, entered into articles of separation on May 21, 1956. The divorce decree passed by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County on March 27, 1961, incorporated by reference paragraphs fifth and sixth of the separation agreement relative to custody of…