Avery v. Avery

Opinion

LILLIE, J.

The parties were divorced in the State of Missouri. The decree entered April 20, 1966, by the Missouri court provided: “. . . It is further ordered and adjudged by the court that plaintiff [defendant herein] pay to defendant [plaintiff herein] as alimony the sum of $15,000.00 as alimony in gross, payable in the sum of $150.00 per month . . . until paid in full and in default of anyone [vzc] payment execution issue therefor . . . .” After making several payments defendant defaulted. Thus, on December 22, 1967, in the Los Angeles Superior Court plaintiff sued to establish the…