Abney v. Abney

Defendant, James Harold Abney, has appealed from a decree denying his supplemental petition for absolute divorce under sec. 36-802, T.C.A., 1963 amendment, and granting complainant’s petition for increase in amount of support payments.

On May 25, 1964 the trial court entered a decree of separate maintenance, ordering payment of $300.00 per month. Upon appeal, said decree was modified by this Court by reducing said payments to $260.00 per month. On October 23,1967, defendant filed a petition requesting that the complainant be awarded an absolute divorce because the parties had been legally…