Matthews v. Matthews

This appeal is from judgment holding appellant in contempt for failure to pay periodic alimony and a judgment modifying the periodic alimony provision of a prior divorce decree

The parties to this proceeding were divorced by order of the Russell County Circuit Court on March 26, 1979 and the appellant was ordered to pay appellee $400.00 a month as periodic alimony. At the time of the divorce, appellant was employed and earning about $16,000 a year including military retirement pay. At the time of the modification hearing, appellant was unemployed and his sole income was his military retirement…