Ferrera v. Ferrera

Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of her motion to revise property and alimony provisions of a decree of divorce. The parties were divorced in July, 1958, by a decree which awarded plaintiff a property settlement of $18,000 and specifically denied her any alimony. Plaintiff filed the present action on July 19, 1968, seeking amendment of the divorce decree to provide alimony and revise the property settlement, and alleging fraud in procurement of the stipulation on which the 1958 decree was based.

The trial court correctly ruled that it could not amend or modify the decree of divorce to provide…