Anderson v. Anderson

The two issues on this appeal are:(1) Is the provision contained in the original divorce judgment requiring the defendant to pay $72,000 to the plaintiff in reality one for alimony although labeled a property division?(2) Did the trial court abuse its discretion in directing the return of the children to Milwaukee and reducing the monthly payments of support money?

The Property-Division Issue.

In the absence of any claim that the property-division provisions of the judgment were the result of the defendant’s mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect, the jurisdiction of the trial…