Carrell v. Carrell

Whether a provision in a divorce decree providing for monthly alimony “as long as defendant [wife] remains unmarried” shows the intent of the trial count to continue such payments after the decease of the husband, is the question before us. If the intent is not clear it is not necessary for us to determine whether the court has such power under section 598.14 of the 1958 Code of Iowa.

The decedent obtained a divorce from the appellant in 1942. The decree required the decedent to pay the wife, appellant here, “the sum of $160 per month as long as defendant remains unmarried.” The decedent (Dale…