Lewis v. Lewis

WILLIAMS, Designated Judge

OPINION

The issue in this ease is whether the husband, a successful plaintiff in a contested divorce action, may be corn*236pelled to honor a commitment, made in open court and subsequently included in the decree of divorce, to pay alimony to his offending spouse.

The essential facts herein are as follows:

After a three-week long, bitterly-contested trial in the Island Court of Guam plaintiff husband was granted a divorce from his wife on grounds of extreme cruelty.

At the conclusion of the trial, and prior to judgment, the trial judge, obviously weighing and balancing in…