Varble v. Hughes

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) While, in order to state chronologically the various proceedings constituting the history of this case, much appears in reference to the custody of the children, the custody, though incidentally involved, is not the principal question for determination. The controlling question here is whether, by a consent decree, the trial court could modify the original judgment awarding permanent alimony for the benefit of the children.

Prior to the second verdict for divorce, an agreement had been placed upon the court records, in which…