Carlson v. Carlson

Abbott, J.:

The only issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in increasing the defendant wife’s alimony payments from her ex-husband to a level below that provided for in the original decree after it had previously reduced the original monthly alimony payment.

The basic facts are not in dispute. The parties to this action were divorced on July 15,1969, after thirty-one years of marriage. Mrs. Carlson was awarded alimony of $225 per month, payable until her death or remarriage or until the further order of the court. On February 24, 1971, an order was entered, reducing alimony…