Perovitz v. Perovitz

SHEPARD, Justice.

This case is an appeal from an order modifying a divorce decree to grant the respondent former wife $50.00 per month as alimony. We reverse the order of the district court.

Appellant and respondent were married in 1945. Appellant then, and for many years thereafter, was an enlisted man in the armed forces. Respondent was a native of India, where the parties were married. A child was born the issue of that marriage in 1946. During 1948, respondent developed a mental illness and was confined in a state mental institution in Minnesota. The last time that appellant saw respondent…