Ivester v. Ivester

Hill, Justice.

The 1976 divorce decree between these parties awarded custody of the couple’s 4 minor children to the mother and awarded her alimony and $440 per month in lump sum child support. The decree incorporated an agreement which provided that monthly child support be reduced $100 as each of the first 3 children reached age 18, with cessation of the remaining $140 when the 4th child reached age 18. There was no provision for reduction in the event of emancipation or death prior to reaching age 18.

The father filed a complaint for modification of the alimony award asserting a substantial…