Lea v. Bowers

658 P.2d 1213 (1983)

Joan Sena Bowers LEA, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

Farrell D. BOWERS, Defendant and Respondent.

No. 18030.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 16, 1983.

Noall T. Wootten, American Fork, for plaintiff and appellant.

H. Grant Ivins, American Fork, for defendant and respondent.

DURHAM, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment modifying a divorce decree. We reverse because the trial court erred in modifying the divorce decree in the absence of factual finding of a substantial change in circumstances.

On April 29, 1974, a default Divorce Decree was entered granting a divorce to the…