Woodward v. Woodward

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff was granted a divorce and the decree incorporated alimony and property stipulations previously entered into by the parties. Fourteen months thereafter the defendant petitioned for a modification of the alimony payments because of his changed circumstances. Additional pleadings developed the point that the plaintiff, who was not working at the time of the decree, was gainfully employed. After a hearing the court reduced the monthly amount payable to the plaintiff but provided in its order that the alimony would…