Berry v. Berry

HOLMES, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the modification of a divorce decree.

The husband and wife were divorced in June 1984 after twenty-one years of marriage. The wife was awarded, among other things, $500 per month periodic alimony, to be paid “until she remarries or [the husband] becomes disabled or loses his job.”

Pursuant to this provision, the husband petitioned the court to terminate the alimony obligation because he had become unemployed. This was granted by the trial judge in May 1988. Subsequently, the wife petitioned the court to amend this order (terminating alimony) and to…