Legal Opinion

Rigsby v. Akin

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 5, 1986No. Civ. 5467PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a domestic relations case.

The parties were divorced in 1976. The divorce decree incorporated the terms of the parties’ agreement under which the husband agreed to pay the wife $100 per month support for the parties’ son until he became of age. The husband also agreed “to pay for the college education” 6’f the son.

The wife initiated the present action when she filed a motion to hold the husband in contempt for his willful failure to pay, among other things, the son’s college expenses. The wife also requested the trial court to modify the divorce decree to increase child…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ralls v. RallsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  2. Scott v. ScottCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  3. Rayford v. RayfordCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  4. Smith v. SmithCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1983

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. B.B. v. F.P.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2007
  2. Moody v. MoodyCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1988

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