Pellman v. Pellman

At issue in this action for a declaratory judgment is the validity of the separation agreement between the parties to the extent that it provides, in subdivision (e) of section 4, that: "If the Wife should ever institute a legal proceeding in her own behalf or in behalf of the children by which she seeks to increase the aforesaid monthly payments for the support and maintenance of the children, she agrees to a reduction in the payments made to her hereunder for her support and maintenance by an amount equal to the total increase obtained for the children.”

The agreement also provided for…