Sloss v. Sloss

This is a proceeding to modify the alimony provisions contained in a divorce decree upon the ground of a change of circumstances. The District Court denied the petition to terminate or modify the original decree and this appeal followed.

The parties were married in 1955. They had four children who were, respectively, 17, 16, 13, and 11 years old at the time of the divorce decree in 1974. During the course of the marriage the husband, a pathologist, was actively engaged in the practice of medicine. The wife was a registered nurse and anesthetist but did not actively pursue her profession.

The…