Wood v. Wood

This case involves the modification of child support and periodic alimony.

The May 16, 1979 divorce judgment ratified and affirmed an agreement of the parties and, pursuant thereto, the judgment expressly granted custody of the two minor daughters of the parties, Ruth and Laura, to Mrs. Wood, the mother, and Dr. Wood, the father, was ordered to pay to the mother "$650.00 per month as alimony and child support."

The father sought to modify the 1979 judgment by eliminating all child support provisions therefrom since Ruth and Laura had attained the age of nineteen years. The mother filed her…