Martin v. Martin

This is an appeal from an order of the district court finding the defendant in contempt of court for his failure to pay alimony as decreed in the previous divorce action and denying defendant’s motion to readjudicate the question of alimony by eliminating all past alimony and attorney’s fees.

Plaintiff instituted divorce proceedings on May 7, 1937, and on March 8, 1938, the court awarded her an absolute divorce. The custody of a minor daughter, Kay, was given to plaintiff, and a minor son, James, was given to defendant. The defendant was ordered to pay alimony in the sum of $75 per month for…