Madsen v. Madsen

This case comes before the court for a second time upon an exception by the defendant to an order of the superior court renewing a prior order which required the defendant to pay to the plaintiff, his former wife, the sum of $300 per month for her support. RSA 458:19; see Madsen v. Madsen, 106 N.H. 267, 209 A.2d 728 (1965); Madsen v. Madsen, 109 N.H. 457, 255 A.2d 604 (1969). The relative situations of the parties, who are now in their mid-forties, remain substantially as described in the prior opinions.

While it was open to the trial court to decline to exercise its continuing jurisdiction,…