Alban v. Alban

Lawrence Alban appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations, and raises a single assignment of error as follows:

“The court erred as a matter of law in finding that it lacks the requisite jurisdiction to modify alimony payments established by a decree of dissolution of marriage unless the separation agreement itself specifically reserves such jurisdiction.”

The parties filed a petition for dissolution of their marriage on January 27, 1977, in which was incorporated their separation agreement. The trial court made appropriate findings and…