Lawrence v. Lawrence

This is a proceeding to modify the decree in a divorce action brought by plaintiff, Dorothy M. Lawrence, against the defendant, Joe Ray Lawrence, more than six months from the date of the divorce decree, under the provisions of 12 O.S. 1951 §1031. The trial court modified the judgment as prayed for by plaintiff, awarding her an additional sum as alimony and an attorney’s fee for her attorney in prosecuting the proceeding. Defendant appeals.

From the record it appears that the parties were married in 1934, in : Texas; that no children were born of said marriage and that a divorce was granted to…