Gale v. Gale

CROCKETT, Justice.

The legal principle controlling in this case is that a divorce decree may not be modified unless it is alleged, proved and the trial court finds that the circumstances upon which it was based have undergone a substantial change.1

The plaintiff was awarded a decree of divorce May 29, 1951. A property settlement was approved which gave her the family home (being purchased under contract), certain personal property and the custody of four minor children *279for whose support the defendant was required to pay $25 per month each, totaling $100. .

Eighteen months later, plaintiff filed…