Shank v. Shank

OPINION

This is an appeal from an order reinstating alimony payments. Appellant contends that his alimony obligations were terminated because of respondent’s remarriage. We agree, and therefore we reverse the district court’s order.

Appellant and respondent were divorced on June 27, 1981. The divorce decree required appellant to pay alimony of $400.00 per month for ten years, followed by $200.00 per month for an additional ten years. The divorce decree provided, however, that alimony would terminate if respondent remarried.

Appellant made timely alimony payments until December 12, 1981, when…