Sorensen v. Sorensen

HARDING, District Judge.

This is an appeal from an order reducing the alimony award in a divorce decree from $1250 per month to $1000 per month. The decree was entered May 29, 1962, and the modification order was signed and entered on August 11, 1967. The petition for the modification was filed by the defendant husband, who is the respondent in this appeal.

The rules governing modification of the alimony portion of a divorce decree grant the trial court the advantage of some discretion, since the parties are usually before the court and a sounder appraisal of the situation can be made.…