Morris v. Morris

The question presented is whether the trial court was justified in reducing the alimony and child support allowance in the divorce decree in this case from $60 to $30 per month.

Plaintiff was granted a divorce from defendant and the custody of their nine-year-old child on June 24, 1938. The decree provided that defendant should pay plaintiff the sum of $60 per month for the support of herself and child, except that, if his income fell below $160 per month, it was to be reduced to 40 per cent, of his earnings, but in no event was it to be less than $35 per month, unless plaintiff remarried,…