Ferriss v. Ferriss

VERNON W. MEYER, Special Judge.

Plaintiff, divorced wife of defendant, appeals from a judgment of the trial court sustaining defendant’s motion to dismiss her motion to modify the decree of divorce by increasing the amount of alimony awarded her. We affirm.

The issue to be decided in this case is whether the allowance to plaintiff provided in paragraph THIRD of the stipulation is a statutory award of alimony, subject to modification, or is a legal contractual obligation of the husband not subject to modification by the court.

Plaintiff instituted suit for divorce on the 29th day of June, 1951,…