Ferré v. Ferré

FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., Judge.

Pursuant to the final judgment of divorce entered in 1971, the husband was required to pay $1,000 per month as permanent alimony and $200 per month per child as child support. The judgment also provided that the payments would be increased or decreased according to the Consumer Price Index using 1971 as the base year.1

On March 16, 1976, the husband petitioned for modification of the alimony provision. On April 12, 1976, the motion was granted and the alimony payment was reduced to $750 per month. One month later, the wife moved to hold the husband in contempt for…