Jorgensen v. Jorgensen

CROCKETT, Justice.

Defendant Cleon A. Jorgensen appeals from an order modifying a divorce decree. His main attack is upon the requirement that he pay $70 per month as alimony until $1700 plus interest is paid.

The parties were divorced and decree entered June 24, 1963, awarding the plaintiff a divorce and custody of three teenage children remaining at home. The defendant had earnings of between $80 and $100 per week. In connection with his obligation to support his family, he was ordered to make payments of $75 a month for the mortgage payments on the family home in Hyde Park, Utah; and to pay…