Hickman v. Hickman

YATES, Judge.

On October 17, 1990, the trial court divorced the parties, incorporating into the final divorce judgment an agreement in which the wife was to receive, among other things, $1000 per month in periodic alimony. In October 1992, the husband petitioned for a modification of the periodic alimony, arguing that his unemployment was a material change in circumstances requiring a reduction; the court denied the husband’s petition on October 5,1994.

In April 1995, the wife brought a contempt proceeding against her former husband for his failure to pay periodic alimony. The evidence…