Tillis v. Tillis

The pivotal question in this case is: Do periodic alimony payments, which are separate from child support payments, terminate as of the date of the admitted or uncontested remarriage of the former spouse to whom such alimony is paid?

The 1973 judgment which divorced the parties was approved and incorporated therein their agreement whereby the husband, Mr. Tillis, was to pay monthly child support of $500 and periodic alimony of $300 per month to the wife, who subsequently remarried and is now Mrs. Smith. When she remarried, the periodic alimony payments of Mr. Tillis were current, but he ceased…