Shaw v. Shaw

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered after a nonjury trial whereby appel-lee was awarded the sum of $9,000.00 for monthly payments in default under a property settlement agreement entered into as a part of a divorce proceeding in Heidelberg, Germany. The sole question on this appeal is whether such monthly payments were permanent alimony or a contractual obligation. The trial court found that such monthly payments were contractual. We affirm.

On March 21, 1968, Donald E. and Mary Louise Shaw were husband and wife, residing in Heidelberg, Germany, although separated…