Estate of Rooney

The issue presented upon appeal is whether the judgment and stipulation provide for alimony payments to appellant after the death of her former husband in view of the language of the judgment and stipulation and the circumstances surrounding the divorce.

The general principle is well established that alimony payments to the divorced wife cease upon the death of the divorced husband. Estate of Traver (1958), 2 Wis. (2d) 509, 87 N. W. (2d) 269; Kuether v. State (1921), 174 Wis. 538, 183 N. W. 695; Yates v. Yates (1917), 165 Wis. 250, 161 N. W. 743. However, this principle is subject to the rule…