Engelberg v. Engelberg

Plaintiff appeals from an order granting defendant a reduction in alimony payments. We reverse the order.

Plaintiff and defendant were married on December 21, 1933, and were separated on May 5, 1962—approximately twenty-eight and one-half years. On June 11, 1964, 1 plaintiff was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce which, after a division of the property assets and making provision for the payment of debts, awarded her alimony at the rate of $2,300 per month through 1968 and at the rate of $1,750 there after. On November 16, 1964, defendant instituted proceedings for modification of the…