Rust v. Rust

The defendant-wife asserts that her motion for a money judgment for the arrearage in alimony should have been granted.

The Wisconsin law, however, is clear that one to whom alimony is due and owing is not thereby entitled to a money judgment. Sec. 247.32, Stats., 1 provides that the court has continuing jurisdiction to revise its judgments.

In a case in which a wife sought to collect an alimony arrearage by a garnishment, this court in Courtney v. Courtney (1947), 251 Wis. 443, 446, 29 N. W. 2d 759, stated:

“It is to be remembered that it is an alimony judgment which is sought to be enforced…