Clark v. Clark

COVINGTON, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant brought a rule against the defendant-appellee for her to show cause why alimony of $250.00 per month, awarded under LSA-C.C. art. 160, should not be terminated. The trial court gave him no relief.

He alleges various changes in circumstances and problems, some of which he retracted under oath, as a basis for termination of the alimony. Further, he contends that under Orr v. Orr, 440 U.S. 268, 99 S.Ct. 1102, 59 L.Ed.2d 306 (1979), the award was made under an unconstitutional codal article.

In Orr, the Supreme Court of the United States declared…