Cowles v. Cowles

The question here presented relates solely to the power of the superior court to modify a decree for periodical pay ments for the support of children. The decree was a part of the order granting the plaintiff a divorce from the defendant. In the present application there is no prayer as to custody, and the present jurisdiction to act upon that matter is not involved.

The existing decree was made when the court had unquestioned jurisdiction over the parties and the subject-matter, and when the domicile of the children was in this state. Suchadecree is a judgment, or a series of judgments, and…