Wolter v. Wolter

The basic issues presented in this case are the effect of a wife’s remarriage upon a divorce decree providing for a monthly alimony award to her limited only “until further order of the Court”; and whether a modification of the decree as to alimony, based on such remarriage, may be retroactive or only prospective.

Plaintiff and defendant were divorced on January 17, 1957. The decree ordered the defendant husband to pay plaintiff $50 per month for support and maintenance of the two children and $25 per month as alimony, support, and maintenance, of the plaintiff, both payments to continue until…