Connolly v. Connolly

THOMAS, Justice.

On 20 June 1940 the appellee was granted a divorce from the appellant and was awarded the custody of the three sons of the parties. It was decreed, in accordance with the stipulation of the litigants, that the appellee should receive no alimony,- but the appellant was ordered to pay to her the sum of $75 each month until “all of the said children have- reached their majority.”

Almost fifteen years later the appellant petitioned the court for a modification of the final decree representing that in 1944 the periodic payments had been reduced to $50 monthly, one of the sons having…