Bailey v. Bailey

Marshall, Justice.

The parties to this suit obtained a divorce in the Heard Superior Court in 1975. The jury awarded the wife $100 per month as permanent alimony and $475 per month for the support of the parties’ five minor children. In accordance with the jury verdict, the final divorce decree ordered the husband to pay $475 per month for the support of the parties’ minor children, but the decree failed to specify the number of children.

In January of 1978, the appellant former husband filed a declaratory judgment action in which he averred that: (1) the parties’ oldest child had reached 18…