Hamel v. Hamel
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
Appellant Dora M. Hamel appeals the termination of support payments from ap-pellee Charles Hamel pursuant to a separation agreement which was incorporated and merged into a consent order. Her principal contentions are that the trial court applied the incorrect standard in deciding to terminate her support payments or, alternatively, abused its discretion in applying the correct standard. We hold that spousal support set forth in a voluntary separation agreement that is merged into a consent order is subject to modification by the court upon a showing by the movant of a…
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