McClain v. McClain

The parties to this appeal were married in 1924. In 1947, defendant appellee (hereinafter called appellee) was awarded a divorce on her cross-petition in an action initiated by her husband, plaintiff appellant (hereinafter called appellant). The trial court in its divorce decree approved and adopted a separation agreement between the parties by the terms of which appellant agreed to pay to appellee the sum of $20 per week alimony until she remarried, regardless of the subsequent financial status of either of the parties. The court did not reserve jurisdiction with respect to alimony.

In 1949,…